Iran weightlifters earn 5 colorful medals at Asian Champs

Asgari Doon started with a 135 kg weight and then lifted the 139 kg weight over his head to receive a gold medal in snatch category.

In Clean-and-jerk category, he bagged a silver medal.

Eskandarzade in clean-and-jerk lifted 161kg weight and ranked third.

Iranian junior weightlifters Aref Khaki and Afshin Taheri also earlier won five medals in the 85 kg weight class.

Weightlifting, also called Olympic-style weightlifting, or Olympic weightlifting, is an athletic discipline in the modern Olympic programme in which the athlete attempts a maximum-weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates.

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