December 17, 2013 (ISN) - After his world record lift in the above 107kg category at the IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships, Iran's Mansour Pourmirzaei has been voted the IPC Athlete of the Month for November with a landslide victory. The 33-year-old stunned the crowd at the IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships, lifting 276kg in the men's ...

Iranian physically-challenged weightlifters have reigned supreme at the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting Asian Open Championships in Malaysia, and stood on top of the podium. On Thursday, Iranian athlete Mansour Pourmirzaie set a new world and Asian record of 273 kilograms in the mens +107-kg Asian and free competition sections,...