A total of eight lifters will represent Iran in the 2017 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

The prestigious competition has started on April 23 and will run until April 28.

Jaber Behrouzi in 77kg, Morteza Biglari and Saleh Cheraghi in 85kg, Ayyub Mousavi in 94kg, Ali Hashemi and Mohammadreza Barari in 105kg and Homayoon Teymouri and Ramin Rabiei in +105kg are Iranian weightlifters in the competition.

Behrouzi will open the competition for the Iranian delegation on Wednesday.

“After the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, we decided to inject new blood in our team to strengthen for the upcoming events. We are going to field youngsters in Ashgabat and because of this we will participate with a young team in the Asian Weightlifting Championships and Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku,” Iran coach Sajjad Anoushirvani told Iran Weightlifting Federation website.

The 2017 Asian Weightlifting Championships are the 47th men's and 28th women's championship.