Dr. Amr El-Haddad, Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports, received the delegation of the Egyptian national weightlifting team, as a representative of Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Minister of Youth and Sports, after they won 5 gold medals and one sliver medal in Junior World Champion under the age of 20, which took place in Fiji from 1st to 8th of June.

Ahmed Sayed Ashour, snatched the first place with 3 golds in men's competition, while Rania Mahmoud Izzat snatched first place with two golds and one silver medal.

El Haddad delivered the Minister’s congratulations to the champions of Egypt and the World, where he expressed his happiness with this great achievement which is added to the Egyptian sports record. Praising the role of the Egyptian Weightlifting Federation under the leadership of Mahmoud Mahgoub in preparing its players who achieved many medals and titles. Directing to expand the game’s competition base and continue achieving medals in different championships and to exert more effort in preparation for Tokyo 2020.