Coinciding with the conclusion of the Olympic Games in Paris on Sunday, pages on social media published news that Dutch runner Sifan Hassan, who won the marathon, became the first famous athlete to win a gold medal in it the history of the Olympics.
The posts, which included Sifan Hassan’s crowning at the Paris Olympics, said she was “the first distinguished athlete to win a gold medal in Olympic history and since the heart of Paris.
The posts received hundreds of shares from several pages praising this, especially since France has banned French athletes from wearing the hijab at the Olympic Games in Paris.
After 16 days of competition, the 2024 Olympics in Paris came to an end on Sunday, which the President of the International Olympic Committee described as “amazing,” during a ceremony at the end of the passing of the torch to Los Angeles, USA, which will be the host. the games in 2028.
On the sporting level, the United States topped the final medal tally, despite matching China with 40 gold medals. The Americans finished the games with 126 medals, including 44 silver, compared to 91 for China, including 27 silver.
gold at Sevan Hassan
The crowd, present in large numbers in front of the spectacular tourist attractions, was able to witness the brilliant victory of the Dutch Sifan Hassan in the gold medal of the marathon, a few days after she won her bronze medals. earn in the 5,000m and 10,000m. races.
While she received the gold medal, Sivan appeared with a hijab, unlike what she appears in her races, she ran without a hijab, with pants and a sleeveless shirt.
She also appeared in press interviews without the hijab.
Anyway, the Dutch runner is not the first athlete to win a gold medal while wearing a hijab, as circulation publications said.
Authentic record
For example, Egyptian Faryal Ashraf Abdel Aziz won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in karate 61 kg while covered.
Faryal Ashraf Abdel Aziz
Several veiled athletes also won medals at different Olympic Games, such as the Egyptian Sarah Samir Ahmed, who won silver in weightlifting in Paris 2024 and before that bronze in Rio 2016.
Sarah Samir Ahmed
American Ibtihaj Muhammad won a bronze medal in team fencing at the Rio Olympics in 2016, at which time she became the first woman to represent the United States in international competition.
Ibtihaj Muhammad
Belgium’s Sarah Shaari won bronze in Taekwondo at the 2024 Paris Olympics and is believed to be the first European woman to win an Olympic medal.
2024-08-15 17:26:19
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