Egypt have clinched two medals in the 2020 Summer Paralympics after Sherif Osman and Rehab Ahmed won silvers in Powerlifting on Friday.
2020 Summer Paralympics are taking place between the 24th of August and the 5th of September, with Egypt participating with 48 athletes.
Two of these athletes were Sherif Osman and Rehab Ahmed who won Egypt their first medal in the Tokyo games.
Osman is a powerlifting legend, having won a gold medal in each of the last three Paralympics, setting a world and a Paralympic record back at the 59 Kg class in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games.
Despite not being able to maintain the gold medal for a fourth consecutive time, Osman clinched the silver medal after coming second behind China’s Qi Yongkai.
Both Osman and Yongkai lifted 187 kg, however, it was the Chinese who claimed the gold medal as he has a lower body weight of 57.75, compared to Osman’s 58.41.
Meanwhile, Herbert Aceituno of El Salvador claimed the bronze medal after lifting 184 kg, beating Chile’s Juan Garrido Acevedo to third place.
In the women’s 50 kg powerlifting event, Rehab Ahmed made history after breaking the Paralympic record of 107 kg twice, first by lifting 117 kg in her first attempt and then 120 in the second one.
However surprisingly China’s Hu Dandan managed to lift 120 kg and Rehab failed in her third attempt of 121 kg and with both athletes equalled in weight lifted, the Chinese player claimed the medal as she has a lower body weight of 49.27 while Rehab’s weight is 49.87.
This Rehab’s second-ever Paralympic medal, having won the silver back in 2016 at also the 50 kg class.
UK’s Olivia Broome clinched the bronze medal with 107 Kg, just one ahead of fourth-place Lidiia Soloviova of Ukraine.
