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Barkhah named Iran weightlifting coach 29 Dec 2017

Barkhah named Iran weightlifting coach

TEHRAN – Mohammad Hossein Barkhah has been named as new head coach of Iran weightlifting team. Barkhah replaced Mohsen Beiranvand, who was appointed as secretary general of Iran Weightlifting Federation, in the weightlifting team. Barkhah has previously coached Iran junior team and now Asghar Ebrahimi is taking charge of the team. Barkhah is a retired […]

USA Weightlifting Teams to Participate in Iran’s Fajr Cup 29 Nov 2017

USA Weightlifting Teams to Participate in Iran’s Fajr Cup

USA is planning to send a women’s delegation to Iran next March, as well as a men’s team to compete in the Fajr Cup in Ahvaz. Ali Moradi, head of Iran Weightlifting Federation, has invited the USA to compete in the Fajr Cup, a men’s invitation competition, and has also asked them to send a […]

Sohrab Moradi Breaks Weightlifting World Record in Ashgabat 2017 24 Sep 2017

Sohrab Moradi Breaks Weightlifting World Record in Ashgabat 2017

TEHRAN  – Olympic champion Sohrab Moradi broke the overall men’s 94 kilograms weightlifting world record at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games on Saturday. Moradi registered a total of 413kg to beat the mark set by Greece’s Akakios Kakhiasvilis as far back as November 1999 by 1kg. It came after he won the […]