In the men’s 102kg weight class, Motamedi lifted 177kg in the snatch and 220kg in the clean and jerk and finished in first place for a total of 397kg.
The bronze medal went to Iran’s Amir Hoghoughi who lifted a total of 388kg.
Iran’s Mirmostafa Javadi had previously won a silver medal in the 81kg weight class.
The 2021 World Weightlifting Championships is a weightlifting competition held on December 7-17 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Due to concerns about the rapid spread of the Omicron variant and the being held shortly after the Olympics and Chinese National Games, the tournament faces the absence of many strong competitors.
