TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) -- Hossein Rezazadeh, world's +105kg defending champion, Tuesday said he is in Vancouver, Canada, to win the gold of the 73rd World Weightlifting Championships.

Rezazadeh, who arrived in the Canadian city Monday night said the world events prior to the Olympic Games have been always much more difficult than other events and the competitions in Vancouver will be surely tougher than the previous editions.

The 73rd world meet was inaugurated in Vancouver Friday night.