During the first day of the Games currently being held in Tokyo, Egyptian table tennis player Ibrahim Hamdetu succeeded in snatching the spotlight.

The official account of the Olympics tweeted about Hamadtu: "Only at the Olympics, Egyptian player Ibrahim Hamadto inspires everyone around the world. After losing his arms after an accident, he grabs the bat with his mouth and his feet help him. "

Hamdetu also became the first Egyptian athlete to appear as an "anime" alongside the 2020 Tokyo Olympics mascot, the Doll Sumti.

In order to document his extraordinary performance during his first meeting at the Olympics and despite the loss of Hamadto in his first match in Tokyo 2020 to his South Korean counterpart Park Hong Kyu by 3-0, the Egyptian player's tribute tweets have not stopped on social media platforms in the last few hours, especially after the photographers gathered around him.

Hamdetu has a special athletic career, and this is his second consecutive participation in this world sporting event.

One of Hamdetu's most notable achievements at the level of the game is the silver medal at the African Table Tennis Championships three times, in three years: 2011, 2013, and 2015.

The Egyptian mission participates in the Tokyo Baralambad with 49 players representing 8 different games: Weightlifting, swimming, table tennis, athletics, volleyball, volleyball, parataicondo, and goal ball, ladies.