{"id":4774,"date":"2025-10-18T07:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=4774"},"modified":"2025-10-18T07:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:23:58","slug":"irans-aminzadeh-extends-dominance-with-third-world-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/irans-aminzadeh-extends-dominance-with-third-world-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s Aminzadeh extends dominance with third world title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was another golden day for Iran as Ahmad Aminzadeh extended his dominance in the super-heavyweight category on the final day of individual competitions at the Cairo 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aminzadeh, the reigning Paralympic champion, clinched his third world title with a 260 kg lift in his second round and finished nine kilograms ahead of Gustavo Am Melo De Souza from Brazil in the men\u2019s over 107 kg category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 34-year-old Iranian\u2019s victory also ensured that the legacy of the late legend Siamand Rahman lives on in the super heavyweight category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter Paris 2024 Paralympics, I didn\u2019t train much as I had some pain in my chest. But I\u2019m happy that I won the gold here. I will go back Iran, work on my recovery and train harder,\u201d said Aminzadeh who suffered an injury in Paris 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time I attempted to lift 270 kg, but it wasn\u2019t meant to be here. I hope I can get it in the next competition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the fight was between Melo De Souza and Georgia\u2019s Paris 2024 bronze medallist Akaki Jintcharadze for the second place as they stayed neck and neck in the second round, both lifting 247 kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final round saw Melo De Souza finishing one kilogram ahead of Jintcharadze (250 kg). In the process, Melo De Souza improved his own Americas record from 236 kg to 251 kg while Jintcharadze broke the European record of 248 kg set at Tbilisi 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is my first World Championships medal, and I worked very hard for this one. I wanted to take the silver, but the Brazilian went one better. The European record is special,\u201d said Jintcharadze who won Georgia\u2019s first ever Paralympic medal in the sport at Paris 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Para Powerlifting | Men&#039;s Over 107kg | Day 7 | World Championships | Cairo 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lOllnV_l4io?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s Zheng Feifei had to wait one year to settle the score with her old rival, Brazil\u2019s reigning Paralympic champion Tayana Madeiros \u2014 and the result was sweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feifei, the Dubai 2023 world champion, retained her title after a close contest with the Brazilian before the former succeeded with a second-round lift of 153 kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The big fight for the gold, in fact, began in the first round with the two champions starting at 147 kg before Feifei going ahead with 153 kg lift. Madeiros, meanwhile, faltered in the next two rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Ibeh Blessing managed 136 kg in her only successful second round attempt to take the bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy to win the gold here. I competed with my old opponent (Brazil\u2019s Tayana) again and happy to beat her. My strategy today was to lift at least kilogram more than my rival,\u201d said Feifei, who holds the world record in the category at 159 kg set at Tbilisi 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI prepared for a year for this championship and aimed to break the world record here. There were a few mistakes, but I hope to improve in the next competition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Para Powerlifting | Women&#039;s Up to 86kg | Day 7 | World Championships | Cairo 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9nATWENcz0k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>The medallists<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s Up to 86 kg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gold: <\/strong>Zheng Feifei (CHN)<br><strong>Silver: <\/strong>Tayana Medeiros (BRA)<br><strong>Bronze: <\/strong>Ibeh Blessing (NGR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s Over 107 kg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gold: <\/strong>Ahmad Aminzadeh (IRI)<br><strong>Silver: <\/strong>Gustavo Am Melo De Souza (BRA)<br><strong>Bronze:<\/strong> Akaki Jintcharadze (GEO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was another golden day for Iran as Ahmad Aminzadeh extended his dominance in the super-heavyweight category on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[121],"class_list":["post-4774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-powerlifting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ahmad-Aminzadeh_compressed.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ahmad-Aminzadeh_compressed-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ahmad-Aminzadeh_compressed-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ahmad-Aminzadeh_compressed-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ahmad-Aminzadeh_compressed-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ahmad-Aminzadeh_compressed.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ahmad-Aminzadeh_compressed.jpg",1200,800,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ahmad-Aminzadeh_compressed-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ahmad-Aminzadeh_compressed-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/category\/newsbeat\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ahmad-Aminzadeh_compressed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4778,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4774\/revisions\/4778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}