NOURNEWS- Iranian weightlifter Mostafa Javadi won a gold medal in the highly-competitive Men’s 89-Kilogram Group A division at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
In a move no one had expected, Mostafa Javadi won the highly-competitive Men’s 89-Kilogram Group A division, Bar Bend website reported.
It was the first time the 23-year-old made it to the 89-kilogram podium at Worlds in the snatch, clean and jerk, or Total.
Javadi walked away with gold in the clean and jerk at 215 kilograms and gold in the total, despite finishing sixth in the snatch. He also advanced from ninth to fourth position in the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) official Olympic's qualification leaderboards.
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