Iran lifters Earn two medals at Qatar Cup
Iran lifters Earn two medals at Qatar Cup

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran lifters, Kianoush Rostami and Ali Miri won silver and bronze medals respectively at the 6th edition of Qatar Weightlifting International Cup on Sunday. Qatar’s weightlifting star Fares Ibrahim Hassouna won the title after hoisting a total of 404kg in the 96kg category after lifting 176kg in snatch and 226kg in […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran lifters, Kianoush Rostami and Ali Miri won silver and bronze medals respectively at the 6th edition of Qatar Weightlifting International Cup on Sunday.

Qatar’s weightlifting star Fares Ibrahim Hassouna won the title after hoisting a total of 404kg in the 96kg category after lifting 176kg in snatch and 226kg in clean and jerk.

Rostami took the silver with 403kg (178kg snatch, 225kg clean and jerk).

And bronze medal went to Miri who lifted 371kg in total (162kg snatch, 207 clean and jerk).

Iran female lifters Elham Hosseini (76kg) and Parisa Jahanfekrian (87kg) came ninth and seventh, respectively in Qatar Cup games.

Female lifters compete under seven weight classes while men vie for honors in eight categories during this year’s edition of the annual championship.

The tournament is a qualification event for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and is hosted by the Qatar Weightlifting Federation (QWF) under the auspices of the International Weightlifting Federation.

The 2019 edition of Qatar International Cup kicked off on Dec. 19 in Doha and will run through Dec. 23. Some 150 lifters from 44 countries have participated in the event which also is a qualification for the 2020 Olympics.

Mehr News has contributed to the story.

  • source : tehrantimes, irannews