Meanwhile in Iran …
After we heard about the comeback of Saeid Alihosseini the Iranian team had a competition at the end of their 3 week training camp, where some big boy weights were thrown around.
Commenter PJ writes:
Not a national championship, just a competition for the weightlifters inside the national camp to determine the final team for the worlds. Kianoush Rostami is training separately and has his own program and didn’t participate.
Results
- Behdad Salimi (+105) / 200 208 211X / 240 253 – / tot 461
- Saeid Alihosseini (+105) / 205 210X 210 / 240 253 – / tot 463
- Sohrab Moradi (94) / 185X 185 190 / 230 235 – / tot 425
- Ali Hashemi (105) / 181 185 188X / 220 225X 228 / tot 413
- Majid Askari (69) / 143+179=222
- Ali Miri (85) / 160+202=362
- Ayoub Mousavi (94) / 174+217=391
- Alireza Soleimani (105) / 183+222=405
- Mohammadreza Barari (105) / No mark in snatch, 220 in CJ
- Homayoun Teymouri (+105) / 200+215=415
Iranian Team for Worlds 2017
- 85: Rostami, Miri
- 94: Moradi, Mousavi
- 105: Hashemi, Soleimani
- +105: Salimi, Alihosseini
- Reserves: Askari (69) and Teymouri (+105)
Saeid Alihosseini 210kg Snatch
Sohrab Moradi 190kg Snatch
Not a national championship, just a competition for the weightlifters inside the national camp to determine the final team for the worlds, Kianoush Rostami is training separately and has his own program and didn’t participate.
Thanks for clarifying.
I think hashemi doesn’t get enough credit. He has been posting some solid lifts recently. 225 would have been top c/j in rio. Idk if he is at 94kg body weight right now though
Looks like he made the move up to 105kg. He has been 104kg recently at the Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games, after being 100kg at Asian championships.
Ok that makes more sense.
here are the resuls in case someone is interested
Behdad Salimi (+105) / 200 208 211X / 240 253 – / tot 461
Saeid Alihosseini (+105) / 205 210X 210 / 240 253 – / tot 463
Sohrab Moradi (94) / 185X 185 190 / 230 235 – / tot 425
Ali Hashemi (105) / 181 185 188X / 220 225X 228 / tot 413
Majid Askari (69) / 143+179=222
Ali Miri (85) / 160+202=362
Ayoub Mousavi (94) / 174+217=391
Alireza Soleimani (105) / 183+222=405
Mohammadreza Barari (105) / No mark in snatch, 220 in CJ
Homayoun Teymouri (+105) / 200+215=415
Sohab Moradi is in excellent shape .
Hope to see old 94 world records finally broken.
425 kg in the 94 kg class for Moradi is very, very impressive. And the supers look good as well. Any chance they send both Alihosseini and Salimi, or is it just one spot in that class? Maybe the Iranians will be the ones to dominate in Anaheim, with less competition from other top nations. I’m thrilled to see them lift.
and here is the final roster of Iran in USA based on those results:
85: Rostami, Miri
94: Moradi, Mousavi
105: Hashemi, Soleimani
+105: Salimi, Alihosseini
Reserves: Askari (69) and Teymouri (+105)
Thank you for the list. Is this an official list or what you reccon will be the final list?
This is the official list announced today
Thanks for the information, appreciate it.
PJ do you know what ever happened to Rasoul Taghian? And what about Mohammadpour? Is he still injured?
Rasoul Taghian is done with weightlifting
Mohammadpour is still on track
I must say that at the moment Saeid Alihosseini looks much better than Salimi but who knows what’s gonna happen? Timing is everything so close to the Worlds. Also the super heavies can jump much higher during competition so that makes it even more thrilling 🙂 Lasha and these two guys will put up a big show hopefully.
I see the Iranian team getting a whole bunch of medals at the upcoming Worlds. Perhaps some WRs as well?