Egypt get champion among di first wushu medal finals for Youth Olympics. Sondos Sonbol win women changquan combined event on Tuesday, 3 November, for Dakar Expo Center for Diamniadio, Senegal. Di 18.660 points wey she get for final carry am pass Valeria Frannerys Dudamel Alvarado of Venezuela and Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu of India.
Sonbol compete for taolu. Na di part of wushu wey athlete dey do set movements make judges mark am. No opponent dey wey person need knock down for dis final. Each finalist need show two different performances for di judges, and na di points from both performances go decide who get medal.
One part na gunshu, wey athlete dey handle long stick. Di other one na changquan, wey dem dey use empty hands do. Sonbol get 9.330 for di stick routine. Di final total show say di other routine give am another 9.330. Na two different performances give am di same marks. She no repeat di same exercise two times.
Di preliminary stage decide who go enter medal final. International federation list Sonbol as number one for qualifying with 18.386, and na di top eight qualify. Dat figure na for qualifying. If person add am to 18.660, e go give wrong idea of di score wey she take win gold.
Sonbol already get experience for African competition before she reach Senegal. Her federation profile say she join Egypt national taolu team for 2022 and win changquan for African championships for 2025. Dis time na Youth Olympic medal she dey compete for. Venezuela silver score na 18.199. Egypt score pass am by 0.461.
Dis difference matter if you dey follow Dakar results. Four wushu medal events dey di programme, split between women and men, and between two different combined events. Sonbol gold make am di first champion of women changquan combined for dis Games. Dem no use her score compare her with people wey compete for another event.