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As winner of the last two World Championships and the last four Asian Championships/Games, Behdad Salimi of Iran was a strong favorite to take home gold in the men’s super-heavyweight division of the weightlifting tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics and claim the title of “world’s strongest man”.

Behdad Salimi: My Rio Highlights.

Behdad Salimi: My Rio Highlights.

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Tensions rose when Behdad 'Salimi' Salimikordasiabi's approached the jury after his second clean and jerk attempt was approved by two of the three judges.

In total, 28 applications have been registered by the CAS ad hoc Division, setting a new record of cases for one edition of the Olympic Games .

Challenging him would be defending Olympic champion Matthias Steiner of Germany and Ruslan Albegov of Russia, the reigning European Champion. Salimi’s compatriot Sajjad Anoushiravani was also in the running for a medal as runner-up at the most recent World Championships and bronze medalist at the 2012 Asian Championships and 2010 Asian Games.

In the snatch, Salimi and Albegov both lifted 208 kg and, by virtue of his far lighter body weight, gave the Russian a slight advantage going into the clean and jerk.

Only two other competitors managed weights of over 200 kg: Anoushiravani (204 kg) and Irak’li Turmanidze of Georgia (201 kg). Steiner lif