Iran’s Alireza Yousefi Creates New World & Asian Records in Men’s +110kg at Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, May 17, 2026:
The Men’s +110kg category competition at the 2026 Asian Weightlifting Championships witnessed spectacular performances, highlighted by a new World and Asian Record by Iran’s Alireza Yousefi in the Clean & Jerk event at the Mahatma Mandir Exhibition Hall, Gandhinagar.
Representing Iran, Alireza Yousefi lifted an extraordinary 261kg in Clean & Jerk, establishing a new Senior World Record (WR) and Asian Record (AR) in the category. He also secured the Gold Medal in Clean & Jerk and the Silver Medal in Total with an aggregate of 445kg.
| Medal Winners – Men’s +110kg Category | |||
| Event | Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal |
| Snatch | Gor Minasyan (Bahrain) – 212kg | Amir Abdullaev (Uzbekistan) – 189kg | Alireza Yousefi (Iran) – 184kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Alireza Yousefi (Iran) – 261kg (New WR & AR) | Gor Minasyan (Bahrain) – 245kg | Song Yeonghwan (Korea) – 241kg |
| Total | Gor Minasyan (Bahrain) – 457kg | Alireza Yousefi (Iran) – 445kg | Song Yeonghwan |
India’s Lovepreet Singh finished in a commendable fifth position with a total lift of 386kg.
Other results of the days are as under:-
| Medal Winners – Men’s 110kg Category | |||
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Snatch | Liu Huanhua (CHN) – 190kg | Chen Po-Jen (TPE) – 189kg | Davranbek Hasanbayev (TKM) – 188kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Alireza Nasiri (IRI) – 231kg | Liu Huanhua (CHN) – 230kg | Dong Bing-Cheng (TPE) – 215kg |
| Total | Liu Huanhua (CHN) – 420kg | Davranbek Hasanbayev (TKM) – 392kg | Dong Bing-Cheng (TPE) – 381kg |
| Medal Winners – Women’s +86kg Category |
| Medal | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total |
| Gold Medal | Yan Li (CHN) – 145 Kg | Yan Li (CHN) – 178 Kg | Yan Li (CHN) – 323 Kg |
| Silver Medal | Hyejeong Park (KOR) – 131 Kg | Ikhlef Ouisal (QTR) – 169 Kg | Ikhlef Ouisal (QTR) – 299 Kg |
| Bronze Medal | Ikhlef Ouisal (QTR) – 130 Kg | Hyejeong Park (KOR) – 167 Kg | Hyejeong Park (KOR) – 298 Kg |
The President of the Indian Weightlifting Federation congratulated all medal winners and participants for their outstanding performances and especially praised Alireza Yousefi for achieving a historic milestone by breaking both the World and Asian Records.
Ashwani Kumar
Chief Executive Officer
