On Monday, Salimi bade farewell to weightlifting after winning a gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games underway in Indonesia. Salimi hoisted the 208kg in the snatch and completed a clean and jerk of ...

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In men’s +105kg category, 2012 Olympics champion snatched the gold medal by lifting a total of 461 kg. Iran’s Saeid Alihosseini and Uzbekistan’s Rustam Djangabaev stood next with 456 and 455 kg ...

Iran's Behdad Salimi competes during the men's +105kg group A weightlifting event of the London 2012 Olympic Games at The Excel Centre in London. Salimi led an Iranian one-two in the men's over-105kg ...

Behdad Salimi added the Olympic crown to his reigning world and Asian titles as he triumphed in the men's +105kg and brought the curtain down on weightlifting at the 2012 Games. Salimi, from Iran, was ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia had the gold medal locked up when he stepped to the stage for one last lift. Behdad Salimi's shocking struggles in the clean and jerk had opened the ...

Anoushirivani, who had been appointed in an interim role by Iran's Sports Ministry in August, was elected unopposed as President of the Iranian Weightlifting Federation (IRIWF) at the Olympic Academy ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia had the gold medal locked up when he stepped to the stage for one last lift. Behdad Salimi's shocking struggles in the clean and jerk had opened the door.