Mustafa El Gamal: The head of athletics accuses me of failure.. and my achievements are the reason for his honoring by the president
Mustafa El Gamal, the track and field team player, responded to the statements of Saif Shaheen, the head of the federation, who accused him of blaming the federation for his failure, after bidding farewell to the hammer throw competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Mustafa El Gamal said in exclusive statements to Rose El Youssef Gate: What the head of the Egyptian Track and Field Federation said about him is incorrect, and if it were true, he would not have been honored by President Sisi and received the First Class Medal of Excellence, before traveling to Paris, thanks to my achievements.
Mustafa El Gamal added: The only medal for track and field in the African Games in Ghana was won by Al-Abdullah, and after that I won the gold medal in the African Championship in Cameroon, which is also the only medal, and then he comes out and says that I am old?
The track and field team player continued: The head of the federation is talking about me causing the departure of coach Khaled Shawky, who left due to not paying his dues For 3 months and he had debts, so he traveled to train the Saudi national team in November 2023.
Mustafa El Gamal added: The president of the federation insisted on contracting with the Hungarian foreign coach Adrian Anoush, who was suspended for life while practicing the game at the 2004 Athens Olympics due to doping, and the federation insisted on contracting with him because of his relationship with one of the national team players, so it rejected him because of his suspension and his known history, and insisted on contracting with him for a specific player, and in the end the player did not qualify for the Olympics.
The Egyptian champion continued his statements: I requested camps more than once and was rejected due to financial matters, despite other players traveling to European camps despite not qualifying for the Olympics.
El Gamal continued: The president of the federation says about me that I am a failure even though I am the only Egyptian player who has an African record in hammer throw, and failure is thrown at me even though I am the reason for honoring him, and I am not Sad about the audience who attack me because they do not know what I am going through and they only want joy, but I also certainly wished for joy and to win a medal for Egypt.
Mustafa El Gamal continued: I wished to achieve a distinctive result, but no one in the federation helped me. All assistance enables you to achieve the Republic Championship, not a major championship like the Olympics, and I apologize to the audience.
Mustafa El Gamal concluded: Captain Khaled Shawky, my coach, is the best in Africa, and we achieved accomplishments together from 2014 to 2015 until the injury, and after that, Al-Ahly is the one who covered my treatment expenses, not the federation, and everyone knows my results. Will I be described as a failure after that?
