Via PressTV
Iran's super heavyweight Behdad Salimi
has won the gold medal and his compatriot Sajjad Anoushiravani pocketed
the silver in the +105-kilogram category of the weightlifting
competition of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
The 22-year-old athlete lifted a total
of 455 kilograms to win the gold medal in the event, which was held at
London's Excel arena on Tuesday.
Anoushirvani hoisted 449 kilograms to win the silver medal in the category.
Russia's European champion Ruslan Albegov won the bronze with a total of 448 kilograms.
Salimi, who lifted 208 kilograms in snatch and 247 kilograms in
clean and jerk, secured the gold medal with his first clean and jerk
lift of 247 kilograms.
The strongman attempted a clean and jerk world record of 264
kilograms, trying to beat the 263 kilograms mark set by Iran’s Hossein
Rezazadeh, the twice Olympic and four-time world champion, at the Sydney
Games in 2000.
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