Egyptian Mohamed Gabr reached the semi-finals of the Greco-Roman wrestling 97kg weight class on Tuesday (August 6) at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, while his compatriot Abdel Latif Menie will fight for the bronze medal in the 130kg weight class.
Jabr defeated the young Abu Bakr Khaslakhano from the neutral individual athletes team on points 4-1, after his victory in the round of 16 over the Serbian Mikhail Kayaja with a score of 6-1.
This is the first time that Jabr (27 years old) has competed. Olympic GamesHe won the African Championship title in 2022 and 2023.
If he qualifies for the final, the Egyptian wrestler will at least get a silver medal, and if he loses his next fight against Iranian Mohammad Hadi Sarafi, he will play for the bronze.
Abdel Latif Menie brings Egypt closer to a new medal at the Paris Olympics
In a related context, Egyptian Abdel Latif Menie will compete for a bronze medal against Chinese Lingjie Ming in the 130 kg weight class. Menie came in ninth place in this competition at the Tokyo Olympics, and 17th place at Rio 2016.
Egypt excels in this sport, and in recent years Karam Gaber, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics and a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, has emerged among its ranks.
Also in the Greco-Roman wrestling competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Egyptian Moamen Rabie lost a 60kg playoff match to Venezuelan Jose Rodriguez 1-12. In the 77kg weight class, Algerian Abdelkrim Oukali lost in the round of 16 to Japanese Nao Kosaka 0-9, and Egyptian Mahmoud Khaled was defeated by Uzbek Aram Vardanyan 0-9.
In freestyle wrestling, Algerian Ibtissam Doudou lost to American Sarah Ann Hedelbrandt 0-10, and Egyptian Nada Madani lost to Chinese Ziqi Feng 2-7, in the 50 kg weight class round of 16.
