Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, minster of youth and sports, met Mohamed Ihab and Sara Samir, the world champions in weightlifting. In addition, listened to their demands in the next phase. This came within the periodical meetings, which are scheduled according to the ministry’s plan to follow up the federations and Egypt’s champions in various sports.

Dr. Ashraf Sobhy assured the full support of the ministry for Mohamed Ihab and Sara Samir, stressing that the country always stands by its athlete's sons who raised Egypt’s name in the international and world championships. Moreover, he promised during the meeting to solve all problems that face them.

Mohamed Ihab expressed his thanks and appreciation for Dr. Ashraf Sobhy for his continues efforts to solve the problems that face the player, pointing out that he will do his best and exert more effort in the next phase to raise the name of Egypt in every international championship.

In other hand, Sara Samir assured that Dr. Ashraf Sobhy gave her a promise to solve all her problems, and asked her to concentrate in the next phase in order to achieve more medals for Egypt especially in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics