'I intend to hold over my head the weigh that I lifted in Tehran the course of my record registration when I go on scene in Incheon in the Asian Games officially,' said Salimi in a meeting with press media at the air port during the Iranian athletic team's being seen off for South Korea.
He evaluated the Iranian weightlifting team's conditions as 'ideal' arguing, 'We have had a good amount of practice and the team is in ideal conditions presently, ready for hunting all the gold medals of the games in our field.'
Asked about his injury, the Iranian heavyweight champ said that it is still with him, expressing hope that the injury will not be intensified in the course of the Incheon competitions.
The Iranian Olympics gold medalist expressed regret that the promised ceremony for commemorating the champions has been delayed for such a long period of time, arguing, 'That is bad news for us, and I hope that commemoration ceremony will be held sooner, because in our sport's field we do not have a strong league to support the athletes financially.
The Iranian sports minister has said that the sports athletes delayed awards will be granted to them in a ceremony next week, although some of them, like Behdad will be away from Iran, competing in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.
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Tehran, Sept 4, IRNA – Ultra-heavy weigh Iranian weightlifter Behdad Salimi here Wednesday vowed to break the world record in his field in 2014 Incheon Asian Games in South Korea.
