Irania's Kianoush Rostami wins 2 golds at World Weightlifting Championships
20:16 - 13 November 2011
Kurdpa - Iranian weightlifter Kianoush Rostami has won two golds and one bronze medal at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships in France.
The Iranian Kurdish champion won a gold medal in the clean and jerk section, pocketed a bronze in the snatch, and took another gold in the men\'s 85-kilogram division in total at Disneyland Paris on Friday.
Rostami lifted 173 kilograms in the snatch and stood third after Andrei Rybakou from Belarus and the 2010 World Champion Adrian Zielinski from Poland.
He also hoisted 209 kilograms in the clean and jerk, one kilogram more than his French opponent Benjamin Hennequin, who stood second, and four kilograms more than Yoelmis Hernandez from Cuba.
In total, the 20-year-old Rostami won the gold with 382 kilograms, followed by Hennequin and Zielinski, respectively.
The Iranian Kurdish champion won a gold medal in the clean and jerk section, pocketed a bronze in the snatch, and took another gold in the men\'s 85-kilogram division in total at Disneyland Paris on Friday.
Rostami lifted 173 kilograms in the snatch and stood third after Andrei Rybakou from Belarus and the 2010 World Champion Adrian Zielinski from Poland.
He also hoisted 209 kilograms in the clean and jerk, one kilogram more than his French opponent Benjamin Hennequin, who stood second, and four kilograms more than Yoelmis Hernandez from Cuba.
In total, the 20-year-old Rostami won the gold with 382 kilograms, followed by Hennequin and Zielinski, respectively.
