There was emotion, there was pressure and there was glory in the end!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reigning Paralympic champion Mohamed Elmenyawy delivered it when it mattered the most \u2013 winning his first World\u00a0Championships title at home, in front of his family and friends on the second day of the Elite competitions in Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 27-year-old home star returned to international stage one year after his incredible gold medal at Paris 2024 only to achieve his career-best 210 kg in the men\u2019s up to 59 kg at home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Starting with 204 kg, three kilograms more than his Paris 2024 campaign, Elmenyawy went higher with successful lifts of 207 kg and 210 kg as his sisters and his father watched him in awe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m over the moon!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This gold medal was very important for me, to win it in my home country as my family and friends watched me live competing for the first time. There were intense emotions, but I believed in my dream, in my training and the Almighty,\u201d said the Dubai 2023 bronze medallist who patiently obliged his fans with photographs at the New Capital Sports Hall in Cairo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The local star, however, attempted to break the long-standing world record of his idol Sherif Osman on 212 kg set at the Rio2016 Paralympics, and nearly came close to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was my dream to break the world record of Sherif (Osman) but Inshallah (God willing), next time,\u201d he said adding: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI will go step by step,\u201d said 2022 African champion who bowed on the mat to thank the Almighty for his achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n