TEHRAN – Iranian weightlifter Alireza Nasiri on Friday claimed two silver medals in the 110kg category at the 2026 World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo, China, finishing second in the clean and jerk and overall total.
 The 21-year-old lifted 185kg in the snatch to finish sixth, then secured silver in the clean and jerk with a successful 232kg lift. He recorded a total of 418kg to take another silver medal.
Nasiri opened the snatch with an unsuccessful 180kg attempt before successfully lifting 181kg and 185kg.
In the clean and jerk, he successfully lifted 226kg and 232kg but failed in his final attempt at 235kg.
Uzbekistan’s Akbar Djuraev won the snatch gold medal after lifting 198kg, setting a new world record and improving his previous mark by one kilogram.
In 110kg category, Alireza Moeini marking his debut in this weight class at the 2026 World Championships, finished fourth in Group B with a total of 388kg.
He lifted 180kg in the snatch and 208kg in the clean and jerk, placing second and sixth in those respective events.
Earlier in the competition, Iranian weightlifter Ali Alipour won three bronze medals in the 95kg category.
Alipour competed with prominent athletes such as Bulgaria’s Karlos Nasar and Qatar’s Fares El-Bakh.
Alipour, who recently won the overall gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, claimed the bronze medal in the snatch by successfully lifting 181 kg.