Meanwhile in Iran …
Sohrab Moradi (94kg) Clean & Jerked 234kg at the Iranian selection competition for Rio.
More: His 200kg Snatch and 240kg Clean and Jerk in Training.
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Iran …
Sohrab Moradi (94kg) Clean & Jerked 234kg at the Iranian selection competition for Rio.
More: His 200kg Snatch and 240kg Clean and Jerk in Training.
no this is not national competition
this is just recording to select the member of national team for RIO.
Ahh thanks for the info!
he missed 185 and 188 which in not good for him.
Isn’t he suspended? Is he going for Rio?
No he is not, and yes he’s going to Rio.
Since he’s kind of mistery lifter (his training clips are even more impressive than Ilya) it would be cool to see if he delivers performance on big stage. He’s my number 2 in 94kg class, just after Zielinski
He clean and jerked 216 as a 85 lifter so i will just assume he can preform on stage
I find it very interesting that nobody favors last years world champ Vadzim Straltsou. Not that these videos above weren’t mighty impressive…
Seems like most likely Belarus will be banned, so Straltsou will not go to Rio…
Ahh,I see.
So easy. Truly impressive.
freaking easy.
From what I managed to gather from google translate the full results from this selection were:
85 kg: Seyed Ayoub Mousavi
162x – 162x – 165
200 – 210x – 211x
365 total
94 kg: Ali Hashemi
172, 175, 180x
212x, 212x, 215x
He dropped 212 on his neck on 2nd attempt. I read on his instagram he broke his nose, I’m not sure if he came out for 215 on his 3rd attempt.
94 kg: Sohrab Moradi
180, 185x, 188x
225, 234, —
414 total
105 kg: Mohammad Reza Barari
180 – 185x – 185x
220 – 225x – 225x
400 total
105+kg: Bahador Moulaei
190 – 195x – 195x
240 – 252x – ???
Salimi was absent for some reason. So I’m guessing Iran’s team in Rio will be Rostami, Moradi, Barari, Moulaei and Salimi. With Rostami and Moradi they have 2 gold medal chances (if they perform). It’s a shame it doesn’t seem Moulaei will regain his 2013 form and with Salimi still uncertain those 2 will probably be lifting for bronze. Iran’s team was much stronger in London.
Depending on what happens with Russia and Kazakhstan, I think Barari will be in the medal hunt. 400 on openers is pretty good. He his 184/220 snatch at Fajr cup. If he can be around 184/223 which is doable, that will be in the hunt for bronze.
I felt same about my 2 countrymen: Bonk and Michalski. After Russia/Kazakh athlete reduction they had chance to sneak to podium spot
I don’t think so… Bonk is weak, if he does not bomb out he will do 400 at most… Will be beaten by two Uzbeks, Chinese and Latvian. I rate Michalski higher but his snatch is holding him from good total. If he could at least do 182… but never did. 180 is the highest?
I believe Michalski is capable of 180+230 on good day, not sure about Bonk since he’s bombing lately (in nationals too). He’s snatch used to be his strong side, he snatched 200kg in training, but it was a while ago
Salimi is supposed to do the same in two weeks, since he started his training program after the rest, he wasn’t ready to go heavy that day