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Asian Games 2026: Iran expands its golden footprint as new stars rise and women make history
Iran finished the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games sixth overall with 19 golds and 52 medals, combining dominant wrestling, weightlifting and taekwondo performances with major breakthroughs across women’s sport and emerging disciplines.
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Iranian girls add six medals to weightlifting haul at 2026 Asian championships
Iranian weightlifters Anahita Zarei and Nasim Ghasemi won six medals Thursday in the women’s 77-kilogram category at the Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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Young weightlifter dedicates haul of gold medals to martyred Iranian soldiers
Iranian teenager Mohammad Javad Beiranvand has dedicated his nine gold medals at the Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships to the country’s martyred soldiers, saying he hopes his future performances will bring joy to the Iranian people.
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Iranian weightlifter wins nine golds, breaks three world youth records in Tashkent
Iranian teenager Mohammad Javad Beiranvand claimed nine gold medals and broke three world youth records at the 2026 Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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Iran's Yousefi claims gold after setting world record at Asian Weightlifting Championships
Iran's Alireza Yousefi capped the Asian Weightlifting Championships with a clean and jerk gold medal and a new world record in the super heavyweight category on Sunday.
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Iran dominates 2026 World Junior Weightlifting Championships with six golds, claims team title
Iran's youth weightlifting team captured the world championship title at the 2026 IWF World Junior Championships.
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‘Iran is a symbol of hope’: Snippets from Leader’s speech to sports, science medalists
Ayatollah Khamenei hails Iran’s youth as symbols of national strength, denounces enemy plots against the Iranian nation and underscores the need for continued scientific, athletic, and moral excellence.
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Iranian crowned Asia’s strongest man at Weightlifting Championships
Iranian super-heavyweight lifter Ayat Sharifi has been crowned “Strongest Man in Asia” after securing two gold medals and one silver at the 2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Jiangshan, China.
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