TEHRAN – Reza Dehdar of Iran claimed a silver medal at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships on Wednesday.

Dehdar seized a silver in the men’s 102kg.

The snatch medals went to Dehdar on 177kg, Marcos Ruiz of Spain on 176kg and the Armenian Samvel Gasparyan on 175kg.

In clean and jerk Artyom Antropov of Kazakhstan took gold, Qatari Fares El-Bakh grabbed silver on 217kg with his only lift and Bekdoolot Rasulbekov of Kyrgyzstan won bronze also on 217kg.

On total it was El-Bakh on 174-217-391, Dehdar second on 177-213-390 and Gasparyan third on 175-214-389.

The 2022 World Weightlifting Championships is an ongoing weightlifting competition held in Bogotá, Colombia.