Weightlifting drew to a close at London 2012 with a total of 44 Olympic and world records broken during an exhilarating competition. Men’s Super Heavyweight Behdad Salimikordasiabi, from Iran, claimed the final gold of 15 medals awarded at ExCeL over 11 days. The positive reception given to Weightlifting by the crowd, as well as the […]
Men’s 105kg
“As of the moment you start preparing yourself for the Olympics, you feel the pressure. It’s all gone when you go on stage and touch the barbell.”
Behdad Salimikordasiabi added the Olympic crown to his world and Asian titles as he triumphed in the men’s +105kg and brought the curtain down on Weightlifting at London 2012. Salimikordasiabi, from Iran, was the favourite for victory and the super heavyweight rose to the occasion to confirm his title as the ‘strongest lifter in the […]
Oleksiy Torokhtiy claimed Olympic gold for Ukraine after an enthralling men’s 105kg category which went right down to the wire at ExCeL. Navab Nasirshelal looked to have taken the gold medal from Poland’s Bartlomiej Wojciech Bonk, only for Torokhtiy to clean and jerk 227kg with his final lift. It meant Nasirshelal, bidding to become the […]