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Olympic Games Bronze Medallist AHMED is Junior World Champion

Fulfilling the predictions, the Egyptian 2016 Olympic Games Bronze Medallist AHMED Sara Samir Elsayed Mohamed won all Golds in the women 69kg bodyweight category with a huge advantage.

The 20-year-old AHMED won the Junior World Champion title after again after a first success in 2015. Three years ago, she won with 232kg, while this time she lifted 238kg. The best of her career is 255kg Total at the Rio Olympic Games.

After starting at 100kg, she went up to 105kg. Even if she failed her attempt at 107kg, she secured a 5kg advantage over her rival, VIBERT Katherine Elizabeth (USA). The Bronze Medal in the Snatch went to ESCOBAR AGUIRRE Hellen Andrea (COL).

The ranking didn’t change during the Clean and Jerk, ESCOBAR reached 124kg, while VIBERT, having three good lifts and 1kg advantage became the Silver Medallist.

AHMED Clean and Jerked 133kg and won the competition lifting 13kg more than VIBERT.