History was made at Riocentro Pavilion 2 on Day 5 of the Olympic Games Rio 2016 when Sara Ahmed turned into the primary female Egyptian competitor to win an Olympic award in any game.
Over a century after Egypt initially contended in the Olympic Games, the young Ahmed thought of her name into the nation's record books when she won a notable bronze award in the ladies' 69kg weightlifting occasion.
The 18-year-old caught up a 112kg lift in the grab with 143kg in the quick lift for an aggregate of 255kg, an individual best by 10kg. That forceful exertion was sufficient to seal a third-put complete behind China's Yanmei Xiang and Zhazira Zhapparkul, from Kazakhstan.
The bronze decoration is the most recent in a developing rundown of triumphs for Ahmed who took up the game in 2010, following in the strides of her sibling Mohamed Samir, and has an amazing count of awards, including triumphs at the African Games and Junior World Championships. Her achievement year came in 2014 when she bested the platform in the 63kg class at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Nanjing 2014, that year that she contended at senior level surprisingly, completing twelfth in the World Championships.
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Two years on from her accomplishment in Nanjing, Ahmed – who is only 1.55m tall – still has affectionate recollections of the YOG. "The Youth Olympic Games win gave me positive sentiments that I can't clarify," she conceded.
Probably those feelings returned after Ahmed created the execution of her life in Rio, albeit at the end of the day she attempted to discover the words to depict the occasion!
"It is an exceptionally amazing privilege and I can't express my contemplations," uncovered Ahmed, who turned out to be just the second African lady to win an Olympic weightlifting award.
Pretty much as vital as every one of the awards is Ahmed's position as a good example for trying female competitors in her nation of origin. She contends wearing a games hijab and a full-length unitard after a standard change by the International Weightlifting Federation in 2011. So decided was she to perform at her top in Rio that she missed her last secondary school exams in June to organize her arrangements.
Sara Ahmed
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A couple of hours after Ahmed had guaranteed her nation's first award of the Games, and its first weightlifting platform complete in 68 years, Egypt had cause to celebrate again as her comrade Mohamed Mahmoud won bronze in the men's 77kg occasion.
The 18-year-old caught up a 112kg lift in the grab with 143kg in the quick lift for an aggregate of 255kg, an individual best by 10kg. That forceful exertion was sufficient to seal a third-put complete behind China's Yanmei Xiang and Zhazira Zhapparkul, from Kazakhstan.
The bronze decoration is the most recent in a developing rundown of triumphs for Ahmed who took up the game in 2010, following in the strides of her sibling Mohamed Samir, and has an amazing count of awards, including triumphs at the African Games and Junior World Championships. Her achievement year came in 2014 when she bested the platform in the 63kg class at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Nanjing 2014, that year that she contended at senior level surprisingly, completing twelfth in the World Championships.
Sara Ahmed © Getty Images
Two years on from her accomplishment in Nanjing, Ahmed – who is only 1.55m tall – still has affectionate recollections of the YOG. "The Youth Olympic Games win gave me positive sentiments that I can't clarify," she conceded.
Probably those feelings returned after Ahmed created the execution of her life in Rio, albeit at the end of the day she attempted to discover the words to depict the occasion!
"It is an exceptionally amazing privilege and I can't express my contemplations," uncovered Ahmed, who turned out to be just the second African lady to win an Olympic weightlifting award.
Pretty much as vital as every one of the awards is Ahmed's position as a good example for trying female competitors in her nation of origin. She contends wearing a games hijab and a full-length unitard after a standard change by the International Weightlifting Federation in 2011. So decided was she to perform at her top in Rio that she missed her last secondary school exams in June to organize her arrangements.
Sara Ahmed
© Getty Images
A couple of hours after Ahmed had guaranteed her nation's first award of the Games, and its first weightlifting platform complete in 68 years, Egypt had cause to celebrate again as her comrade Mohamed Mahmoud won bronze in the men's 77kg occasion.
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