Two of Iran’s top weightlifters’ hopes for qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are looking very bleak. According to an Instagram post from @weightlifting_me, and Weightlifting House first reporting, 2016 Rio Olympic
The seventh day of the 2019 Weightlifting World Championships just concluded in Pattaya, Thailand, and the 96kg A session was one of the best overall sessions in recent history. Heading into the 96kg
Iranian weightlifter Kianoush Rostami recently made an Instagram post that disclosed which weight class he’ll be making the move to for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualification. Before the new weight class announcement that
World record holding Olympic weightlifter Kianoush Rostami may be moving up a weight class. Iran_Weightlifting, a popular Instagram dedicated to covering the nation’s exploits in the sport, published a long interview with the
Last week, Reuters broke a huge sports story: countries that had committed multiple doping violations between 2008 and 2020 would lose spots for weightlifters at the Tokyo Olympics. The new Anti-Doping Policy, later
While some weightlifters are worrying about whether or not their platforms should rest on rubber or plywood, Iran’s Kianoush Rostami is dragging a shard of rubber into the desert to do snatches. The
According to reports from Iranian news outlets, -85kg Iranian weightlifter Kianoush Rostami has suffered a leg injury days before he’s set to compete at the World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim on Sunday. We
As we sit here watching some of the best weightlifting athletes in the world warm-up and finish their final lifts in the training hall at the IWF Weightlifting World Championships, I started thinking:
After several weeks of uncertainty, Iran’s Kianoush Rostami — a 2016 Olympic Champion, 2012 Olympic silver medalist, and 2016’s IWF Male Lifter of the Year — has received his visa to compete at
On Sunday, Iran experienced an earthquake that was deemed the deadliest of 2017 so far. The Iranian government and surrounding countries have mobilized into action to provide immediate earthquake relief. In addition to
