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Iran's hercule and double olympic champion Hussein Rezazadeh lift 251kg to win world cup weightlifting clean and jerk events in Doha. In snatch, Rezazadeh finished runner-up at world cup weightlifting title in Doha after lifting 210kg weight in snatch after Russian contender who won the title with lifting 211kg on Thurday. Rezazadeh lifted 201kg in his first snatch trial, sparking an standing ovation among hundreds of Iranian neil-beiting spectators watching their countrymen from the stand. Provoking to Hazrat Abulfazl, Rezazadeh lifted the 205 kg weight in his second trial.

Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Hossein Reza Zadeh of Iran repeated as the gold medal winner in the men's super heavyweight division Wednesday night. It was the final evening of weightlifting competition at the Athens Games. Reza Zadeh came into the competition already recognized as the world's strongest man after capturing the gold medal in the 2000 Olympics. He set a world record in those Games with a lifted weight of 472.5kg, but matched that total Wednesday night. "If I am healthy, I will go onto lift 500kg," proclaimed Reza Zadeh following his gold medal performance in which he set...

ATHENS -- Behroz Loroun was in the stands for the coronation and wanted something known. "You know how many eggs he eats in the morning for breakfast?" Loroun demanded. "Twenty! He eats 20 eggs in the morning!" That's another piece of humongous minutiae that makes up the resume of Hossein Rezazadeh. He has nicknames: the Iranian Hercules; the Strongest Man on Earth. He has buzz: His wedding in 2003 was televised nationally in Iran. He has star power: He competes in a seven-team professional weightlifting league in Iran, where his matches are watched by 10,000 people. He has girth: He...

ATHENS (Reuters) - There are hundreds of gold medals on offer at the Athens Olympics but only three mythical titles. The 100 metres proclaims "the world's fastest man" and the decathlon the "world's greatest athlete". But the title that may fascinate more than any other is "the world's strongest man", to be bestowed in the super-heavyweight competition before a sold-out crowd on Wednesday. Iranian Hercules, Hossein Rezazadeh, a human crane able to hoist refrigerators with the same ease mere mortals can lift a briefcase, is the defending champion. A burly 160 kg (353 lbs) bundled into a 6-ft 1-in (1.85m)...

ATHENS (Reuters) - There are hundreds of gold medals on offer at the Athens Olympics but only three mythical titles. The 100 metres proclaims "the world's fastest man" and the decathlon the "world's greatest athlete". But the title that may fascinate more than any other is "the world's strongest man", to be bestowed in the super-heavyweight competition before a sold-out crowd on Wednesday. Iranian Hercules, Hossein Rezazadeh, a human crane able to hoist refrigerators with the same ease mere mortals can lift a briefcase, is the defending champion. A burly 160 kg (353 lbs) bundled into a 6-ft 1-in (1.85m)...

Hossein Rezazadeh, the strongest man of the world in 2002 and 2003, expressed hope to reign the +105 kg weightlifting category for the coming years, IRNA reported from Tehran. Rezazadeh and Hossein Tavakkoli are to represent Iran in the +105 kg and 105 kg classes of Hungary's Grand Prix. The two heavyweight lifters will depart for Budapest, capital of Hungary, on May 8. Rezazadeh burst spectacularly onto the international scene at the 2000 Sydney Olympics with a superhuman lift to defeat two legends of the sport on the way to gold and the title of the `world's strongest man'. The...