TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Kianoush Rostami said that he is going to win a gold medal in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Iranian lifter claimed a gold medal at the men's 85kg class at the World Weightlifting Championships on Thursday. Rostami lifted 178kg in the snatch and 213kg in the clean and jerk for a winning total of 391 kg. His ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Irans Kianoush Rostami claimed a gold medal at the men's 85kg class at the World Weightlifting Championships on Thursday. Rostami lifted 178kg in the snatch and 213kg in the clean and jerk for a winning total of 391 kg. His performance in the snatch broke Irans record of 176kg set by Sohrab Moradi. Ivan Markov from Bulgaria ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) Iranian weightlifter Bahador Moulaei dedicated his silver medal to his coach Kourosh Bagheri. Moulaei won the silver medal at the men's +105kg category of the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships with a total of 458kg. Russian Ruslan Albegov won the gold with a total of 464kg. The bronze medal went to Russian Aleksei Lovchev ...