Written By: Al Zahraa Rashad

Cairo University students drew attention with their participation, as they succeeded in achieving 57 diverse medals in the African University Games. The university`s students participated in basketball, chess, taekwondo, wrestling, karate, judo, fencing, in addition to table tennis and swimming, in which Cairo University students achieved an amazing harvest in the number and variety of medals.

The university published on its official page the names of the winning students and their faculties, announcing the victory of the following female players with the gold medal in women`s basketball: Mirna Ahmed, a student at the Faculty of Physical Therapy; Jana Mon`em at the Faculty of Arts; Malak Ahmed from the Faculty of Engineering; Arwa Mohamed, a student at the Faculty of Law; Farida Tamer, Salma Ibrahim, and Salma Bahgat from Kasr Al-Ainy Faculty of Medicine; Shahd Haitham and Reham Al-Zomor at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science; and Malak Shaaban, a student at the Faculty of Mass Communication in the English Study Program.

Abdel Rahman Ahmed, a student at the Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, also won the gold medal in chess, and Marwan Mahmoud at the Faculty of Engineering achieved the gold medal in rapid chess, while Nada Hossam, a student at the Faculty of Commerce, and Heba Mohamed, a student at the Faculty of Physical Therapy, won the bronze medal in rapid chess.

Meanwhile, Reem Talaat, a student at the Faculty of Mass Communication, won the silver medal in taekwondo, and Joudy Marwan, a student at the Faculty of Agriculture, won the bronze medal in the same sport. Ahmed Zia El-Din from the Faculty of Medicine achieved the silver medal in wrestling, while Omar Islam at the Faculty of Law and Momen Mohamed at the Faculty of Science each won the bronze medal in the same sport.

Farah Hany at the Faculty of Arts won the silver medal in the table tennis competition, while Amr Mahfouz at the Faculty of Commerce won the bronze medal in the same sport. Mahmoud Mohamed El-Habashi at the Faculty of Physical Therapy won the gold medal in karate, Malak Naji at the Faculty of Medicine won the silver medal in karate in kumite, Nour Adel at the Faculty of Education for Early Childhood achieved the same medal in karate as well, Ali Mohamed at the Faculty of Agriculture won the bronze medal in judo, and Al-Anoud Hazem at the Faculty of Arts, Chinese Language Department, won the silver medal in fencing, while Engy Khaled at the Faculty of Commerce English Program won the bronze medal in the same sport. Meanwhile, Islam Amr at the Faculty of Commerce won the silver medal in Paralympic swimming.

In swimming, Basant Mamdouh at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science achieved the silver medal in swimming in the freestyle and relay races, Mohamed Essam at the Faculty of Computers and Information achieved a gold and a silver medal in the same sport, and Malak Mahmoud at the Faculty of Commerce Georgia Program won a silver and a bronze medal in freestyle, medley, and butterfly relay swimming. Marwan Mohamed at the Faculty of Dentistry won four gold medals, a silver, and a bronze in relay, medley, freestyle, and butterfly swimming. Farida Amr at the Faculty of Engineering won five gold medals and a silver in freestyle, backstroke, relay, and medley swimming. Youssef Ehab, a student at the Faculty of Commerce Georgia Program, achieved five gold medals and a bronze in freestyle and medley relay, and Rawan Tamer at the Faculty of Medicine achieved six medals, comprising gold and silver in relay, medley, freestyle, and breaststroke.

Student Mostafa Ahmed Mostafa in the third year, Television Journalism Program at the Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University, achieved the gold medal and first place in the athletics competition, men`s 100m and 200m sprint events in the 12th African University Games. Rawan Said at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science also won the gold medal in athletics sprint, and Amin Ahmed at the Faculty of Arts won the gold medal in the same sport. Abdel Hamid Ahmed at the Faculty of Arts achieved four gold medals and a silver in swimming and athletics, while Mostafa Ahmed and Ahmed Mohamed Kamel at the Faculty of Commerce won the gold medal in badminton and athletics, and the silver medal in table tennis and athletics, respectively. Mostafa Khaled at the Faculty of Arts won the bronze medal in athletics.

It is worth noting that more than 2,000 young people from 82 African universities participated in the tournament, and the activities of this championship were held at an important time, as the timing of its hosting coincides with the celebration of African Union Day and the International Day of University Sport, in addition to the African University Sports Federation`s celebration of the 55th anniversary of its founding. These shared commitments grant the tournament a special continental dimension and make the Egyptian capital a platform celebrating youth and university sport.