TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) Iran has stood in 7th place in 81st World Weightlifting Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. China won the cup with 548 points and Kazakhstan and Russia followed with 453 and 440 points, respectively. Irans much-vaunted national squads performance was rather mediocre, falling short of high expectations by the public and the ...

[caption id="attachment_111308" align="alignright" width="170"] Irans weightlifting world champion Behdad Salimi[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian super heavyweight lifter Behdad Salimi said that he is unhappy to win a silver medal in the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships. On Sunday, the Iranian strongman won a silver medal with a total ...