TEHRAN – Ahmad Aminzadeh of Iran took a gold medal in the 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championship on Friday.

He came first place with 260kg in the men’s +107kg. Brazilian and Georgian powerlifters won the silver and bronze medal with 251kg and 250kg, respectively.

Aminzadeh had won the gold medal in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris with 263 kg.

Aliakbar Gharibshahimen in the 107kg had won a gold medal. Roohollah Rostami (men’s up to 88kg), Amir Jafari (men’s up to 72kg) and Mohsen Bakhtiar (men’s up to 65kg) had also claimed three silver medals in the competition.  And Nikoo Rozbahani (women's over 86 kg) and Aliasghar Abareghi (men's up to 97 kg) had won two bronzes.

Athletes from 70 nations have begun the quest for medals and LA28 qualification as Egypt hosts the first edition of the Para Powerlifting Worlds.