![]() ![]() Sure, one can get bogged down in the fine details of the rules and tactics of the game, but the concept is straightforward: the team that scores the most points wins. The game of traditional basketball, for example, involves 10 players on a court, two baskets, and one ball. Simplicity, as is so often the case, is a marker for success - especially in sports. It’s faster, there are fewer tactics, and the beauty of 3x3 is that it’s simple.” 3x3 is a continuous sprint and completely different game to full-court basketball. And someone will ask them, ‘what happened?’, and they’ll say, ‘I didn’t know where the ball was!’ or ‘I ran out of breath!’. "Even former NBA and EuroLeague players that came to events thinking they were going to beat everybody haven’t been able to get out of the pool phase. To be successful in this discipline, you need to have a certain level of experience with 3x3. ![]() And that’s sort of the point, as the International Basketball Federation’s (FIBA) Managing Director of 3x3 Alex Sanchez tells. This is a game from the streets, symbolised by non-stop action, thumping music, and a level of physicality that would shock those who tuned in to watch 3X3 expecting something more akin to the traditional five-on-five game. ![]() So from where we’re looking, it all looks very hopeful for Egypt this year! WE SAID THIS: don’t miss… 14 Female Arabs Represent The Middle East At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.Raelin D Alie of Team Italy drives to the basket under pressure from Allisha Gray of Team United States in the 3x3 Basketball competition on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (2021 Getty Images) What exactly is 3x3 basketball?īumps, bruises and the odd bit of blood aren’t uncommon in a regular game of basketball, but 3X3 is a different beast entirely. Also this year, Karate joined the Olympic Games for the first time ever and the two-time world champion Giana Farouk will be competing for an Olympic medal in the sport. Egypt is also being represented by taekwondo player, Hedaya Malak, the flagbearer during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, alongside fencer Alaa Abouelkassem.Įgypt’s most experienced athlete, 49-year-old shooter Mostafa Hamdy will be competing this year for the fifth time. This year Egypt made history by qualifying for the triathlon with athlete Basmallah Al-Salamouni. This year’s Egyptian delegation is the biggest to ever qualify for the games, with 134 athletes competing in 24 sports. This year, Egypt is being represented by its youngest athlete so far, Hana Gouda, a 13-year-old table tennis player, breaking the 1992-record previously held by Rania Elwani who competed at the age of 14. In the 2016 games, Sara Ahmed Samir made history as the youngest Egyptian ever to receive an Olympic medal, at the young age of 18. Egypt’s best performance was during the 1936, 19 Olympic Games, with five medals won in each of those years. Throughout Egypt’s participation in the Olympics, it achieved a total of 32 medals, 14 of which were achieved by weightlifting athletes.Įgypt has won gold medals in only two sports, weightlifting and wrestling with five and two gold medals respectively. The first Egyptian Olympic medals won were at the 1928 games, with two gold medals, a silver and a bronze medal, and since then the wins have been piling up. Egypt’s participation in this year’s Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is its 25th appearance at the games. Egypt has been participating in the Olympics since 1912 and achieved its first win in the 1928 games in Amsterdam. The Olympics go back to ancient Greece and inspired by the ancient Olympic Games from the 8th century BC, the modern games were created! The Olympic Games are held every four years, gathering athletes from all over the world competing for medals in a large number of sports. ![]()
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