The weightlifting news from this week (Feb 5th-12th) includes: The battle for Olympic spots in the -96kg class Results from the International Solidarity Championships in Uzbekistan Big lifts from select members of Team USA A young group of weightlifting sensations from Kazakhstan You can listen to the news show using the player below, and subscribe …
Seb managed to get some time with 2016 Olympic Champion Kianoush Rostami to talk about his Olympic qualification problems and his troubled relationship with the Iranian Weightlifting Federation. Listen to the complete interview here:
Kianoush Rostami (IRI), the 2016 Olympic champion and world record holder of the -85 kg weight class, and Saeid Alihosseini (IRI), the 2017 world silver medalist in the +105 category, are out of the running for Olympic qualification. The new qualification system requires athletes to compete and total at least once during each of the …
Rostami and Alihosseini OUT of Olympic Contention Read More »
Iranian 96 Kianoush Rostami has posted a statement to his Instagram account following his controversial bomb out at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships. A translation provided to us is as follows: Hello friends.Today was a very good day but the conditions were not. Although, I think everything was pre-agreed (fixed). Anyways, it’s a pity I …
Kianoush Rostami Posts Statement After Missing Out At Worlds Read More »
Team Iran, who placed third at the 2018 Weightlifting World Championships and second at the 2017 WWCs, have announced their men’s squad for the 2019 Asian Championships on Instagram. The 2019 Asian Championships runs from April 18th to 28th and is a gold-tier Olympic qualification event, meaning that athletes who total will receive a 10% …
Iran Team for Asian Weightlifting Championships – All There Is To Know Read More »
As we head towards the 2020 Tokyo Olympics the topic that most fans want answering, or at least want questioned, is which of the -96 kg weightlifting Goliaths is going to take Iran’s spot at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. So before we delve into the stats and strategy, it might be worth taking a quick …
Weightlifting legend Kianoush Rostami competed this week at the 4th International Fajr Cup just three weeks after competing at the EGAT Cup. The Olympic and world champion opened the snatch with a low 161 kg lift before jumping to and making 172 kg on his second attempt, passing on his 3rd. This also happened to …
*The Schedule and Start List for the Fajr Cup can be found here* The 4th international Fajr Cup 2019 runs from 1st – 5th of March. The Fajr Cup is a silver-level Olympic qualification event with a 5% Robi point bonus (see our Olympic qualification guide for why this matters) As with many international cup level …