Iran’s Ali Alipour wins Asian Games gold in weightlifting with world-record total
Iran’s Ali Alipour won the men’s 95-kilogram weightlifting gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, setting a world-record total of 398 kilograms.
Alipour, 22, produced a strong performance at the Nagoya City Trade and Industry Center on Monday to give Iran its latest weightlifting title at the Games.
The Iranian opened the snatch with a successful 175-kilogram lift. He then raised the bar to 180 kilograms on his second attempt, before failing to complete 183 kilograms on his third.
His 180-kilogram snatch was enough to put him at the top of the standings and also set an Asian Games record.
Alipour then carried his advantage into the clean and jerk.
He successfully lifted 213 kilograms on his opening attempt. After failing with 218 kilograms on his second, he returned to the platform and completed the 218-kilogram lift on his final attempt.
That gave him a combined total of 398 kilograms, securing the gold medal and setting a new world record.
Iranian weightlifter Ali Alipour gives a military salute to the Iranian flag after winning the 95kg category at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan.
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Kazakhstan’s Nurgissa Adiletuly finished second with 394 kilograms, lifting 177 kilograms in the snatch and 217 kilograms in the clean and jerk. China’s Yi Tu took bronze with 384 kilograms.
Alipour’s victory also ended an eight-year wait for an Iranian weightlifting gold at the Asian Games. The previous Iranian champion was Behadad Salimi, who won the super-heavyweight title at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games.
After his victory, Alipour said the gold had been his target for months. “I had said that I would win the gold medal.”
“I had been thinking about this medal constantly for six months. When I was lifting weights, all the people I had promised a medal to would come before my eyes. Thank God, I won the gold medal. I dedicate this medal to all the dear people of Iran.”
Iran coach Behadad Salimi said he had seen the work Alipour had put in ahead of the competition.
“I saw closely how hard Ali had worked. Believe me, tonight it feels as if I won the medal myself, and I am very happy.”
Salimi also expressed hope that Iran’s remaining weightlifters would add to the team’s medal haul.
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The Asian Weightlifting Federation said the first four days of competition had already produced 36 world records and 60 Asian Games records across eight categories, underlining the high level of the competition in Nagoya.
Iran now ranks 8th in the medals table with a haul of wight gold, 15 silver, and nine bronze medals.
The Aichi-Nagoya Games are being held from September 19 to October 4 across venues in Japan, with around 17,000 athletes and officials from 45 countries and regions competing in 43 sports.
Iran's delegation, named “Minab Angels”—a tribute to the victims of the US-Israeli attack on Shajareh Tayyebe Elementary School in Minab on February 28—is competing at the Games with 305 athletes across 38 sports.
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