Iran’s Kianoush Rostami Misses Tokyo Olympic Games
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – 2016 Rio Olympic gold medalist Kianoush Rostami (96kg) has been left off Iran’s weightlifting team for an Olympic qualifying event in Switzerland taking place at the end of October.
Rostami needs to compete at the 49th “Challenge 210” event in Switzerland (October 24 to 27) in order to meet the standards for the new International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Olympic qualification system.
This new system requires athletes to compete at least once during the three six-month qualifying periods.
This is the second qualifying period (May 2019 through October 2019.)
Sohrab Moradi will represent Iran in the competition.
