Modern Pentathlon

THE EGYPTIAN national modern Pentathlon team clinched nine medals at the World Youth Modern Pentathlon Championship that ended recently in Mexico. In the women's event, Aya Medani won the overall individual title with a total of 4140 points, overpowering her Russian opponent Alexandra. Hungary came in third. Egypt's Yasmine Khaled won the seventh place while Hoda Ghoneim was placed 25th. In the teams' event, the national women's team placed third with 11,412 points behind the Hungarians who placed first with 11,548 and the Russian team, second place with 11,420 points, only eight points ahead of the Egyptians.

The national men's juniors team also clinched the third place with 11,892 points behind the Russians who tallied 12,648 and the Polish team who scored 12,152 points. The boys' results were not as commendable as the girls'. Omar El-Geziri came 11th, Ahmed Samir 17th and Mohamed Fakhry 26. On the final day, the Egyptian men's team snatched the men's relay event's gold medal scoring 3976 points ahead of the Polish team who claimed the silver medal and the Russian team who claimed the bronze medal.

Basketball

EGYPT's national basketball team snatched the 2nd King Abdallah of Jordan Basketball Championship with a 77-71 victory over Lebanon in the final of the competition that ended earlier this week. The final was thrilling in its closeness, the tension mounting as time ticked. Relief came in the last few minutes as the Egyptians scored for victory with seconds to go for the game. En route to the final, the Egyptian team beat Syria, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan and finally Lebanon -- the underdogs of the competition who stunned the other teams with commendable performances. Experience, however, proved more powerful.

Shooting

THE EGYPTIAN national shooting skeet team took the silver medal at the Shooting Grand Prix that ended recently in Slovenia. Amr El-Gaiar clinched the bronze medal in the singles event. The achievement marks the first international accomplishment for the skeet team since veteran Olympic champion Mohamed Khorsheid took over as head coach of the national skeet team.

Taekwondou

EGYPT's national taekwondou team won the Men's Arab Taekwondou Championship that was held at the Police Sports Federation in Cairo this week. Morocco clinched the women's title. In the men's event, the national team collected five gold medals to win the first place, ahead of runner-ups Jordan who won the silver medal with three gold medals and two bronzes. Morocco was third with one gold, one silver and two bronzes. In the women's event, Morocco claimed seven gold medals to win the title followed by Lebanon in the second place with one gold, three silvers and three bronzes. Egypt was third with five silvers and two bronze medals.