Multiple Paralympic and world champion Sherif Osman led Egypt to victory in the first mixed team event at the Nur-Sultan 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships which concluded in Kazakhstan's capital today.
China’s Deng Xuemei broke her own Asian record on her way to winning the women’s over-86 kilograms title at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.
Nigeria’s Folashade Oluwafemiayo held off China’s Zheng Feifei in an epic battle to claim the women’s up to 86 kilograms gold medal at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.
Nigeria’s Bose Omolayo set a world record in winning the women’s up to 79 kilograms event at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.
The women’s up to 67 kilograms event at the World Para Powerlifting Championships has been postponed until tomorrow after an unexplained fire alarm affected today’s schedule in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.
Ukraine’s Mariana Shevchuk won the women’s up to 55 kilograms gold medal on day three of the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.
Egypt won two of the seven golds on offer on the second day of the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan – formerly Astana.
China’s Cui Zhe and Guo Lingling both broke world records on their way to claiming gold medals on the opening day of the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.
Iran’s Siamand Rahman will be among the star names competing at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan, where action is due to begin tomorrow.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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