“Egypt achieves the first gold since Karam Gaber’s gold in Athens 2004,” the sentence was not expected by anyone, especially with the karate game in which Egypt competed for the first time.

It was done by the Egyptian Karate Champion, Faryal Ashraf, who was not followed by anyone, and no one remembered the dates of her matches.

Suddenly, her name shone when she reached the semi-finals, then the “mouse” feature came to do her justice and qualify for the final in competition for the gold medal, and the miracle was achieved, so Feryal won the first gold for Egypt in Tokyo 2021, becoming the first woman to win an Olympic gold in the history of Egypt.

Faryal dedicated her achievement to her mother, the first and only supporter of her daughter, and at the moment when Faryal was crowned with the gold of victory, her mother was calling for her, "You have deprived me of many things, and may God compensate you, my love."

Withdrawal for psychological reasons

The mother’s support that Faryal Ashraf received, and she won the gold for her, was far from the space of the gymnastics stadium, in which the American brunette Simone Biles felt lonely, her whole body was flying away from the ground, she trusted her appreciation of distances, and her mind was well aware of the next jump, and her muscles respond to the signals of her mind that He knew her repeatedly, it worked every time, and the audience applauded for the splendor of the performance, but suddenly the signals broke down this time, and the steps were confused, and the matter did not work as usual.

She may have happened to herself like this before her mind stopped responding correctly to memorized signals. Simone Biles, the American gymnastics champion, fell, and the American gymnastics team lost its first competition in the Tokyo Olympics, and the Olympic champion - winner of four gold medals in the Rio Olympics - decided to withdraw from all competitions Teams, and then decided to withdraw also from individual competitions.

“I had no idea what to do in the air, I could have hurt myself,” Simone Biles talks about that day. The fault is “a few sprains,” but these sprains are not an easy thing in a game like gymnastics, they cause In that the player loses control of his body in the air, and then he may lose control of everything.

For psychological reasons, Simone Biles - the American gymnastics champion - ended her career early in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. She suffers from ADHD - her psychological suffering worsened each time she faced her painful memories, and despite the withdrawal and loss, Biles did not lose the support of her fans.

Many athletes have come out to rally the American champion, saying, "We are all human." It's not just athletes who have supported Simon. The American Sports Authority said Biles' decision to quit and prioritize her mental health shows why she is a true champion. "I felt more to them than to be a gymnast," she said, a strong impulse to overcome her self-blame for abandoning the American dream.

People are not medals

The support received by the withdrawn American Simone Biles, was obtained before her by Yusra Mardini, the Syrian swimmer participating in the former Rio Olympics, and then the Tokyo Olympics within the refugee team, as a representative of 80 million refugees.


The


little girl who saved her escape boat from Syria to Turkey, and then continued her way overland to Germany, was saved by swimming twice, once while she and her sister swam holding the boat to save 20 other people on board, and she was saved a second time when the International Olympic Committee supported a refugee team in the Rio 2016 Olympics Yusra was among its members.


⁠ Yusra received


absolute support from her citizens inside and outside Syria, and from all spectrums of refugees around the world, which prompted her to thank the messages of support and encouragement she receives from the whole world, “I am very proud of my message that reaches the world about refugees, we are not a number in the news bulletins, we are our human beings.” Dreams, stories and achievements, and we do not give up easily and we will continue to dream.”

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Hedaya support

Egyptians’ interest in sports always depends on football, but recently handball has become a strong competitor because of the global successes achieved by the Egyptian handball team. On giving her loyal sons Olympic titles, one of them was the Egyptian hero Hedaya Malak.

No one knew the name of the Olympic bronze medalist, she was not hosted by programs and did not have press interviews, everything was being prepared away from the spotlight, moral support greatly contributed to the journey of the Egyptian taekwondo champion Hedaya Malak, the bronze medalist in Tokyo Olympics.

Not only during the tournament, but during the long period of preparation that Corona caused to extend an additional year, Hedaya won the support of those close to her, her American mother, who cared about her upbringing sports, and her husband, a volleyball player, who did not oppose her postponement of the wedding for the sake of the tournament, and then her approval To consummate the marriage after postponing the tournament, but the constant preparation for the Olympics, made the marriage suspended.


Hedaya also received the support of her official sponsors, who did not stop for a moment to prepare her for the tournament despite the effects of Corona, and then with the appearance of her name in the Olympic competition arena, the Egyptians supported her with great enthusiasm, and celebrated her victory.