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The Women Weightlifters of Egypt
Egypt has won more Olympic medals in weightlifting than in any other sport. While traditionally seen as a ‘male sport’, Sara Ahmed won bronze at the Rio Games in 2016 and in doing so has inspired a new generation of female athletes to take to the mat.
Verity Ratcliffe went to Alexandria to meet some of Egypt’s women weightlifters.
Photo: Egyptian weightlifter Nahla Ramadan Credit: Verity Ratcliffe
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