TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – Iran’s Mohammadreza Barari managed to snatch gold in the 2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.


Demonstrating eye-catching athletic skills at 105kg weight category, Mohammadreza Barari lifted 180kg in the snatch as well as 221kg in clean and jerk finishing first in the Asian event with a total of 401kg.

In the same category, Uzbek weightlifter Ivan Efremov secured a total of 394kg with 183kg in snatch and 211kg in clean and jerk in order to finish runner-up.

Meanwhile, the bronze medal was bagged by another weightlifter of the host country who did 181 in snatch and 218kg in clean and jerk giving a total of 386kg.

Kia Ghadami, Iran’s other representative at 105kg category, landed fourth with a total of 376kg.

Previously, Seyyed Ayoub Mousavi (85kg) and Ali Hashemi (94kg) had won silver medal for Iran.

The Asian Weightlifting Championships is a weightlifting championship organized by the Asian Weightlifting Federation for competitors from the Asian countries with the 2016 edition being held in Tashkent of Uzbekistan between April 22 and April 30.

By Mehr News Agency