ANAHEIM (Reuters) - Iran struck gold for a second consecutive day at the weightlifting World Championships when Ali Hashemi won the men's 105 kilogram class on Monday.
Hashemi finished on 404kg ahead of Arturs Plesnieks of Latvia, who lifted 402kg, and Uzbek Ivan Efremov – who had beaten Hashemi in September the last time they met – on 399kg.
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