Arab women’s sports waited until 1984 to make their first historical mark on the gold medal record in the Olympic Games, after Moroccan runner Nawal El Moutawakel managed to win first place in the 400-meter hurdles competition.
Despite the Arab presence in the Olympic Games record, especially with the Egyptian weightlifter Sayed Mohamed Nossir who gave the Arabs their first gold medals in 1928, women’s sports remained absent from the podiums until the Los Angeles Games in America, when Al-Mutawakel, the 400-meter hurdles champion, was able to win the gold medal.
Al-Mutawakel had her first experiences in 1978 under the supervision of the French coach, Jean-François Cocan, and she excelled in the 1982 African Games, when she won the gold medals in the 100 and 400 meter hurdles races. She also participated in the 1983 Mediterranean Games, where she won the gold, before registering her participation in the Olympic Games in 1984, where she succeeded in achieving the most valuable achievement in her career by winning the Olympic gold, thus opening the door wide for Moroccan, Arab and African girls to enter this sport.
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