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By the seventh month of pregnancy, expectant mothers can be forgiven for sporting comfortable shoes and clothes with a little give.
But on the third day of the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez instead donned an electrically-conductive jacket, a sabre and a mesh wire mask as she took herself and her unborn child on the field of play in the stunning surroundings of the Grand Palais.