Fatma Elyan, Egypt’s powerlifting champion, secured a silver within the girls’s as much as 67kg para powerlifting competitors.
Held at La Chapelle Area, Elyan narrowly missed out on the gold, attaining a finest raise of 139kg—simply 3kg behind China’s Y Tan, who lifted 142kg to say first place.
This silver medal marks one other important milestone in Elyan’s profession. Having competed within the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the place she completed in fourth place, Elyan has steadily climbed the ranks in para powerlifting.
Previous to the Paris Paralympics, she secured second place within the 67kg class on the World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia, setting a brand new African report with a raise of 136kg.
Egypt’s medal depend on the 2024 Paralympic Video games in Paris continues to develop, with 24-year-old Fatma Elyan profitable silver
Elyan’s achievement provides to Egypt’s excellent efficiency in Paris in para powerlifting.
Yesterday, Mohamed Elmenyawy captured Egypt’s first medal of the Video games, a gold within the males’s 59kg competitors, and Rehab Ahmed adopted up with a gold within the girls’s as much as 55kg competitors. At the moment, the sitting volley ball crew secured its third bronze medal after defeating Germany 3-2.
