Meanwhile in Iran …
29 year old Saeid Alihosseini is back lifting big weights.
While at a training camp with the national team he snatched 210kg and clean and jerked 250kg.
After originally being banned for life for failing two doping test, his penalty was changed to a 12 year suspension.
And it seems his suspension has been further reduced to 8 years (even though IWF still lists it at 12 years on the sanctioned athletes page). Anybody know what’s up with that?
Anyway I heard the 8 year thing mentioned a while ago and now the Iranian press also seems to be on board with it. If it is 8 years, his ban ends October 24, 2017. So it seems like is on track to compete at worlds 2017.
Saeid Alihosseini 210kg Snatch
He still holds all junior world records:
- 206kg Snatch
- 245kg Clean & Jerk (Simon recently came close to breaking the record)
- 451kg Total
which were all set at the 2008 Asian Junior Championships in Jeonju, South Korea.
PJ says
October 24, 2017 at 01:23Well the Iranian weightlifting federation received a letter from IWF confirming this , he is eligible to compete from 24 October 2017. actually he didn’t train full time this year since he was working on his PhD ! this is the first news/video coming out of his training records (probably the first time he is trying big weights) and I’m quite surprised with the numbers, he is already surpassed Salimi to be #1 in Iran !
Craig says
October 24, 2017 at 04:19probably just a matter of time before it becomes a lifetime ban anyway.
Siasookhteh says
October 24, 2017 at 05:01IRIWF never disclosed that letter.
I dont know really why this matter still is outstanding. It is about a year.
Back in 2008 or 2009 he was the only man who passed 270kg. No video unfortunately.
Jerker Karlsson says
October 24, 2017 at 09:42Well, it would be great if he actually showed up in Anaheim. I’d like to see him lift. These two lifts looked rather easy.
grobpote says
October 24, 2017 at 20:36This guy looks beautiful! That’s what you expect from a superheavy plus he has been banned so he didn’t wear himself out in the last few years. Very exciting to watch!