Egypt has a champion from the first set of Youth Olympic wushu medal finals. Sondos Sonbol won the women’s changquan combined event on Tuesday, 3 November, at the Dakar Expo Center in Diamniadio, Senegal. Her final total of 18.660 put her ahead of Venezuela’s Valeria Frannerys Dudamel Alvarado and India’s Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu.
Sonbol competed in taolu, the part of wushu in which an athlete performs routines for judges. There was no opponent to knock down in this final. The challenge for each finalist was to put two performances together, using different skills in front of the judges and carrying the points from both towards one medal.
One part was gunshu, in which the athlete handles a staff. The other was changquan, an empty-hand routine. Sonbol scored 9.330 for the staff routine. Her final combined total shows that the other routine contributed another 9.330. Those equal marks came from two separate performances, not from repeats of the same exercise.
The preliminary stage decided who would get the opportunity to compete for a medal. The international federation listed Sonbol at the head of qualifying with 18.386 and the top eight went through. That figure belongs to qualification. Adding it to 18.660 would give a false impression of the score that won the title.
Sonbol arrived in Senegal with experience at continental level. Her federation profile says she joined Egypt’s national taolu team in 2022 and won changquan at the African championships in 2025. This time it was a Youth Olympic medal at stake. Venezuela’s silver total was 18.199, leaving a gap of 0.461 to the Egyptian.
The distinction matters when following the results from Dakar. Four wushu medal events were on the programme, divided between women and men and between two different combined events. Sonbol’s gold names her the inaugural champion of the women’s changquan combined event at these Games. It does not compare her score with athletes in a different event.