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Iranian weightlifter grabs Irans 1st Rio medal

Iranian weightlifter grabs Irans 1st Rio medal
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 13 (MNA) Iranian weightlifter Kianoush Rostami won the gold medal in the mens 85-kg category at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games on August 12, 2016.


Kianoush Rostami won Irans first medal of theRio 2016 Olympics Games in the men's85-kilogram category and broke his own world record after lifting a total of 396 kilograms.

Rostami, 25, a bronze medalist in the same category in London four years ago, made 217kg with his final clean and jerk for a total of 396kg, beating his world record by one kilogram.

ChinasTianTao claimed silver on395kgwhile Romanian GabrielSincraiantook bronze with a lift of 390 kilograms.

By Mehr News Agency

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