African Judo Championships: Egypt at the head of the men’s medal table.

The sport of judo has closed its 2020 calendar with the celebration of the Senior African Championships, where Egypt has positioned itself in first place in the medal table with 9 medals (5 golds, 2 silvers, 2 bronzes) followed by Senegal with 1 gold medal and from Tunisia, also with 1 gold medal.

The first fights started on Thursday the 17th, amid great expectations. The first victory of the day was taken by the Tunisian Fraj Dhouibi, with a gold medal in the -60 kg category; shortly afterwards Egypt began to demonstrate its supremacy in the event, with the first of the medals obtained by Mohamed Abdel Mawgoud champion in the -66kg category.

The following day the good run continued for Egypt, which saw Mohamed Mohyeldin climb to the first step of the podium to collect his gold medal in -73 kg., While in the -81 kg category. his compatriots Mohamed Abdelrahman and Mohamed Abdelaal won the gold and silver medals respectively.

On Saturday 19, it was the turn of the heavyweights, where Egypt once again stood out with the gold medal of Hatem Abd El Akher (Egypt) becoming the champion in -90 kg. Another Egyptian, Ramadan Darwish, soon after won the gold medal in -100 kg. Finally, Senegalese judoka Mbagnick Ndiaye climbed to the first step of the podium to receive his gold in + 100k.

The Senior African Championships have been able to be held thanks to the security measures against the coronavirus, established by the authorities, and they close a difficult year for the world of sport in general, which has seen many of its events postponed or directly canceled.