Rehab Ahmed of Egypt is the person to beat in the women's up
to 55kg division, while China's Qi Yongkai is the man to beat in the men's up
to 59kg division, even as China's Zou Yi appears formidable in the men's up to
65kg event on day two. Great Britain's Olivia Broome and China's Jinping Xiao
are the favorites in the women's up to 50kg division.
On September 5, during the Para Powerlifting competition, four Paralympic champions will be crowned: two in the afternoon and two more in the evening at the La Chapelle Arena.
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The Winners
Exciting action is expected to start
the second day of competition with the women's up to 50 kg final.
On paper, Olivia Broome, the current world champion from Great Britain, appears
to have a good chance of winning, but the recent World Cups have seen the rise
of new talent, so this could be an entertaining race. Broome won a bronze medal
in Tokyo 2020 as well.
With a 123 kg effort, China's
Jinping Xiao broke the Asian record in Tbilisi, and Bose Bejide also gave a great
performance. Hu Dandan of China and Nigeria's Esther Oyema, who holds the world
record with 131 kg, will not be competing.
We will then move on to the men's up to 59kg final. In the category, Qi Yongkai
of China will be the one to defeat. He is the current world and Paralympic
champion.
After his dominant performance this season, Mohsen Bakhtiar
of Iran and Herbert Aceituno of Al Salvador, medallists in the Tokyo 2020 and
Dubai 2023 Worlds, will also be looking to put on a strong show.
Egyptian Osman (211 kg) has also held the world record in this category since
Rio 2016.
Dusk Stars
The women's up to 55kg event, which will feature Egyptian
Rehab Ahmed, will kick off the evening session. Ahmed is the current world
champion and the holder of the record for the weight category (135 kg).
Additionally, she won a silver medal in the lower weight (-50 kg) division at
the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The day's last competition is the men's up to 65 kg final, where China's Zou Yi
appears formidable following his recent bench press. Yi holds the 222 kg world
record and is the current world champion.
However, keep an eye out for Amir
Jafari Arangeh of Iran, who is keen to turn his Tokyo 2020 silver into gold. He
won the silver medal in the Dubai 2023 World Championship.
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