Four months after recovering from a chest injury (pectoralis major tears), Egyptian Powerlifting queen\u00a0Rehab Ahmed clinched her fifth World Championships title in Cairo 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it\u2019s a special one \u2013 her first one in a new weight category, women\u2019s up to 61kg category, and that too at home. The medal was her also first since her Paris 2024 gold medal show last August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She already had three world titles \u2013 Mexico 2017, Nursultan 2019 and Tbilisi 2021 \u2013 in women\u2019s up to 50 kg, one in women\u2019s up to 55 kg in Dubai 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amid crowd cheering at the New Capital Sports City Hall, Ahmed started her journey at Cairo 2025 with a big 125 kg \u2013 four kilograms more than what fetched her the Paralympic gold in Paris in women\u2019s \u2013 55kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two-time Paralympic silver medallist improved it to 131 kg in her second round, enough to take the gold medal. Meanwhile, Nigerians Ifeoluwa Alake (128 kg) and Franca Anigbogu (126 kg) displayed a show of power and courage to take the silver and bronze, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I thank God for this gold medal. I am very happy today. Because during the Paris 2024, I suffered a chest injury while on the bench press \u2013 still I managed a gold medal but couldn\u2019t have a good number. For nine months, I stayed at home and was recovering from the injury,” said the 34-year-old Ahmed, who trained for just four months before the Worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday, I made a strong comeback with a good number of 131 kg. In Los Angeles, I want to set a new world record.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n