Cairo 2025: Egypt’s Powerlifting Queen Rehab Ahmed Wins Fifth Gold
Rehab Ahmed, the Paris 2024 gold medallist, has won her first World Championships! title at home in a new weight category, the women’s up to 61kg category, after recovering from a chest injury.
Four months after recovering from a pectoralis major tear, Ahmed clinched her fifth World Championships title on the fifth day of Elite competitions at Cairo 2025.
China's Cui Jianjin broke the world record twice before winning her first international gold, while Turkiye’s Abdullah Kayapinar dethroned two-time Paralympic and world champion Omar Qarada for his first World Championship gold.
Rehab Ahmed wins fifth gold after recovering from injury.
Author’s summary: Rehab Ahmed wins fifth gold at Cairo 2025.