Sara Ahmed just became the first Egyptian woman to stand on an Olympic podium.
Sara Ahmed, an 18-year-old Egyptian weightlifter, won bronze in her 69-kilogram division, to become the first Arab woman to be presented with an Olympic medal in weightlifting. She’s also the first Egyptian woman to win a medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to the Khaleej Times.
Ahmed hopes her achievement will inspire Egyptian girls and women to take up weightlifting. "I hope it will encourage other girls to take up the sport,“ Ahmed said to the Khaleej Times. “A new weightlifting generation can be born, a new beginning.”
Interestingly, she’s the first Egyptian woman to stand on the podium but not the first to win a weightlifting medal.
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