Iran Men's Weightlifting National Team @Rio

[iranghahreman]

One of my friends who is a legit power lifter and enters comps thinks they were right to call the second lift illegal and should have been all reds from the judges.

powerlifting is different than weightlifting

[khosro]

On IRIB3 they posed the question could Behdad have started at a lower weight 235Kg. The coach said there is no guarantee that he could have lifted that either.

Not convinced from 235 to 245 *IS* a big difference. He would have been placed on the board and could have attacked a higher weight.

The coaches need to take some responsibility for this result too

Of course he has the snatch WR and that is indeed something. I am just grateful that Behdad seems calmer and more like himself. He is still clearly disappointed and was staring off into the distance at times.

I truly hope he can come back from all this ... whether he has another Olympics in him is debatable given his injury record and the young lions snapping at his heels ... we shall see.

[Ab-Gosht]

He was in a car accident. Lost his relatives. He was very badly injured himself. He had no chance to make it.

Bahador crashed the night after he was CUT from the team due to fatigue and depression! They picked hashemi instead

[Ab-Gosht]

Bahador crashed the night after he was CUT from the team due to fatigue and depression! They picked hashemi instead

molaei was expected to lift 197kg and 247kg in rio

[Ab-Gosht]

vazir varzesh said they will give prize money to the fencing hero and to salimi

[Z Joon]

Iran Men's Weightlifting National Team @Rio

Bahador crashed the night after he was CUT from the team due to fatigue and depression! They picked hashemi instead

Hashemi was kind of a waste even tho he's still young I wish Bahador was in form

[khosro]

On IRIB3 they posed the question could Behdad have started at a lower weight 235Kg. The coach said there is no guarantee that he could have lifted that either.

Not convinced from 235 to 245 *IS* a big difference. He would have been placed on the board and could have attacked a higher weight.

The coaches need to take some responsibility for this result too

Of course he has the snatch WR and that is indeed something. I am just grateful that Behdad seems calmer and more like himself. He is still clearly disappointed and was staring off into the distance at times.

I truly hope he can come back from all this ... whether he has another Olympics in him is debatable given his injury record and the young lions snapping at his heels ... we shall see.

For those who are interested IRIB3 is all over this at the moment ...

[Abtin]

[mahestan]

He was in a car accident. Lost his relatives. He was very badly injured himself. He had no chance to make it.

It is 2016, why are there so many car accidents in Iran? I feel like every year I hear some Iranian athlete or celebrity dies or gets injured in car accidents.

[mahestan]

I don't think he can come back. He reconstructed his knees. He is already a heavy man. 4 more years of training may hurt him to the point that mobility will become a major issue for him when a few years older.

I also said the same thing earlier. He is almost 370 lbs, which is a lot of weight on himself to carry on his knees, now imagine all the stress and fatigue he adds to his knees by weightlifting. His knee will never heal to 100% and if he values his mobility he should really consider retiring and dropping some of his weight.

[Payam_Ali]

Both our 94 kg and 105 kg weightlifters were caught doping?

Not in this olympics, but previously. Moradi and Barari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...n_doping_cases.

People say Talazkhadze is a cheater blah blah blah. Baba our own gold medalist Moradi came back from a positive test. It's okay to be passionate fans but be objective

[Payam_Ali]

the president of the IWF himself said it was the wrong dicision.

Source?

[Ab-Gosht]

wow check irans president insta

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJOIFrZhM6F/?taken-by=hrouhani

[Sly]

the president of the IWF himself said it was the wrong dicision.

Sajjad Anoushiravani and Salimi must have misunderstood him big time!

[Adesor Vafaseya]

I don't think he can come back. He reconstructed his knees. He is already a heavy man. 4 more years of training may hurt him to the point that mobility will become a major issue for him when a few years older.

well he doesn't need to come back for Olympics, he just needs to brake the world record at next Asian Championship... if he recovers and brings back the total record in a year's time, then that's a comeback and a sweet good bye.

I am more worried about the young Bahador Molaei's injury. Bahdor is actually stronger than Salimi in C&J, but not as good in Snatch, he still can be a record holder, question is can he recover from shoulder injury and lift after operation without tearing anything apart....?