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Paris Olympics: 7-month pregnant athlete Nada Hafez's heartfelt post on participating with 'little Olympian'

Paris Olympics: 7-month pregnant athlete Nada Hafez's heartfelt post on participating with 'little Olympian'

Egypt's Nada Hafez seven-month pregnant (Source: Insta/nada_hafez)

Nada Hafez, the Egyptian fencer, played seven-month pregnant at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. The athlete revealed the news herself through an Instagram post on Tuesday (Jul 30).

"What appears to you as two players on the podium, they were actually three! It was me, my competitor, & my yet-to-come to our world, little baby!," she wrote alongside a couple of her pictures after her match.

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She beat American Elizabeth Tartakovsky 15-13 in the first round to advance to Round of 16 match and shared the post later.

"My baby & I had our fair share of challenges, be it both physical & emotional. The rollercoaster of pregnancy is tough on its own, but having to fight to keep the balance of life & sports was nothing short of strenuous, however worth it.

I’m writing this post to say that pride fills my being for securing my place in the round of 16! I’m lucky to have shared the trust of my husband @ibrahimihab11 and that of my family to be able to come this far," she added.

"This specific Olympics was different; Three times *Olympian* but this time carrying a little Olympian one! (heart emoji)."

The fencer, however, lost her round of 16 match 15-7 to South Korean Jeon Hayoung.

Photographer Jerome Brouillet, working with AFP, clicked Brazilian Olympic surfer Gabriel Medina paddle into one of the day’s biggest waves at one of the world’s heaviest surf breaks during the men's surfing Round 3 on Monday (July 29).

The moment of capture is so brilliant that it shows the surfer leaping from his surfboard and raising his finger in celebration of his Olympic triumph, with his surfboard pointing skyward parallelly.

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Prashant Talreja is an Assistant Editor at WION, specializing in sports: cricket, tennis, golf, football, etc. With over 10 years of experience in sports journalism, Talreja has pr...Read More