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Muslim weightlifter breaks 2 world records, wins 2 golds

 

Iranian weightlifter has broken two world records in the 94kg class at World Championships at Anaheim, California, US.

The 29-year-old Sohrab Moradi, who won gold in Rio last year, managed to break two world records after an easy win over Lithuania’s Aurimas Didzbalis.

The Iranian athlete also snatched two gold medals in the prestigious championship.

Moradi jumped from 220kg to 233kg on his fifth lift to break the clean and jerk world record of 232kg set in 2000 by Poland’s Szymon Kolecki, and better by four kilograms his own world record for the total, which he improved to 417kg.

Several weightlifters from Iran, Bulgaria, South Korea, Qatar, Egypt, Germany, US, Uzbekistan and Lithuania are competing in the championship in California from November 28 to December 5, 2017.

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