TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) – Saif Assad Assad, the Bulgarian-born Qatari, won the glittering gold medal of 105kg category of the 73rd World Weightlifting Championships in Vancouver, southwest of Canada, Friday night.

Assad lifted 422.5kg (195 and 227.5) and the title followed by the silver medalist Vladimir Smorchkov from Russia and the Bronze winner Turkish representative Bunyami Sudas with 417.5 and 415kg.

Smorchkov took the snatch gold with 195kg due to his lower body weight while Assad snatched the silver and Denis Gotfrid from Ukraine bagged bronze with 192.5kg.

In clean and jerk, Alan Tsagaev of Bulgaria stood top with 235kg, Sudas took the silver by lifting 230kg and Gleb Pisarevskiy from Russia won the bronze as he hoisted 227.5kg.

Iranian weightlifter Mohsen Biranvand finished 15th with 385kg and Iran's medal hopeful Hossein Tavakkoli refused to compete in the category.