Nada Hafez Competes Pregnant at Paris Olympics

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez made headlines at the Paris Olympics 2024 by competing while seven months pregnant, achieving a significant milestone for women's empowerment in sports. Hafez won her first match in the women's individual sabre competition against the USA's Elizabeth Tartakovsky before being eliminated in the Round of 16 by South Korea's Jeon Ha-young. In her heartfelt Instagram post, she remarked on the challenges of balancing pregnancy with athletic performance, stating, 'What appears to you as two players on the podium, they were actually three!' The 26-year-old expressed profound pride in her participation and credited her support system, including her husband, for her journey. Her participation coincided with other notable Olympic performances, including South Africa's Tatjana Smith winning the continent's first gold medal in the women's 100m breaststroke.