Sohrab Moradi (now 94 I believe) gets some nice training PRs.
195kg Snatch + 230kg Clean & Jerk.
Currently he has only very few followers on Instagram. Follow him @ayoub.moradi.
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270kg Front Squat
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Hat tip Ian Wilson for sending this in.
His 216 jerk is tied with Ilyin for fourth at 85 afaik.
Also funny how IW complains about PEDs on his IG and then follows him…
they only film with the highest quality potatoes in Iran. My guess is yukon gold.
Is he banned feom competition?
Yes, until June 2015
This is his 2nd ban. In addition, he has history of no lifts or poor lifts in world and Olympic games. There must be a reason national team keeps him around.
http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=moradi-sourab-1988-09-22&id=2466
This is his 1st ban. yes he was poor in London, extremely poor, but that was his first serious competition and he got injured few days before the competition. and his 2007 result doesn’t count, the whole team was disastrous at the time. they just had to make team for Olympic points after mass doping accident.
Interestingly, it looks like he is the only one on the IWF list to be sanctioned for methadone.
http://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctioned-athletes/
Before London I really thought that he was going to win gold. And to be fair, the 388kg total that he posted in the Asian Champs months before would’ve been enough.
His ban was a little bit strange, considering that he got banned in a competition where he totaled 30kg below his best :O
Actually I think he peaked at the wrong time. since he missed the 2013 Worlds, (he broke the national record at the same time in Asian InterClub Competition) he was eager to do something in London, he started his training long before the rest of the squad. overtraining maybe. he was also a little injured.
His ban is still a mystery. I won’t go into details but some people still believe he was framed for that. same as SHW guy Saeid Alihosseini, even though for different reasons.