Iran Weightlifting Federation (IRIWF) interim President Sajjad Anoushiravani said Iranian women can win medals in the 2024 Olympic Games.
Iran’s Elham Hosseini made a career-best 102kg in the snatch, equaled her best clean and jerk on 125kg and totalled 227kg, up four kilograms on her previous best when she was sixth at last year’s International Weightlifting Federation World Championships.
After congratulating Hosseini on her landmark result, Anoushiravani said, “We will be going for an Olympic medal now in Paris. This was a strong competition and Hosseini did very well.
“We have a good plan for women’s weightlifting and it’s very important for us to take part in the Olympic Games for the first time, and to win a medal.
“We have 20 women in training camp and the IRIWF believes in continuous training,” Anoushiravani stated.
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