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.