Walvis Bay, Namibia: Egypt won two gold medals Thursday as the African Championships continued with men’s team and all around competition.

Egypt had leading team totals on rings, vault, and high bar on the way to scoring 244.900 to win the team title. Nineteen-year-old Mohamed Sherif El Saharty was crowned African all around champion with a score of 82.200. El Saharty was first on pommel horse (13.650) and vault (15.553) and second on rings (13.950) and high bar (13.500) in qualifying for event finals. Egyptian gymnasts also led on rings, where Abdel Rahman Sobhy (14.150) was first, and high bar, with Mohamed Hany El Gamal posting a high score of 13.700.

Tunisia dominated floor on its way to second place with a total of 235.250. World Cup finalist Wajdi Bouallegue scored 14.100 (5.8) as the first of three teammates leading the floor rankings. Arfaoul Sabeur led qualifying on parall bars with a score of 14.200.

South Africa took two bronzes for the day, as the team scored  234.850 for third place and Tyrone Morris was third in the all around with 80.250.

Egypt also claimed the team championship in the junior men’s competition, with 237.450 – a nearly 20.00 margin over second place Algeria (217.900). South Africa was again third, scoring 217.250.

Egyptian juniors swept the all around, with Amr Essam Mohamed Ahmed (80.800), Tarek Hamdy Shalaby (78.650), and Karim Ayman Abd Elfattah (76.750) taking the podium.