World's Strongest Man

Iran's Behdad Salimi and compatriot Sajjad Anoushiravani celebrate winning gold and silver respectively at the end of their men's +105kg Group A weightlifting competition during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
He then lifted 247 KG in the clean and jerk to annihilate the field with a total score of 455 KG. Salimi’s nearest competitor was Anoushirvani who managed to lift a total of 449 KGs.
Afterwards Salimi thanked all the Iranian fans in the stadium and all those back at home who were praying for him to win.
Meanwhile, Salimi’s victory was celebrated raucously by the large number of Iranian fans who came to London’s Excel centre.
This has already been a very successful Olympics for Iran and they’ve already surpassed their medal tally from the previous Olympics in Beijing. And Iran will hope for yet more medals before the curtain falls on London 2012.
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Heaviest weight lifted by a Muslim

Iranian weightlifting champion Behdad Salimi has set a new world record in the superheavyweight category of the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships in France.
The 22-year-old world athlete proved himself a modern-day Hercules after he elevated 214 kilograms in the snatch section on Sunday, Mehr News Agency reported.
He eclipsed the previous record set by Iranian icon Hossein Rezazadeh, who had snatched 213 kilograms in 2003.
Salimi, the World Weightlifting Championship and Asian Games gold medalist, was successful on his first attempt at 201 kilograms, and then lifted 209 kilograms for the second. He managed to elevate 214 kilograms overhead in his third attempt.
The Iranian weightlifting champion lifted 250 kilograms in the clean and jerk.
Salimi collected two gold medals and was crowned as undisputed weightlifting champion of the event after he elevated a total of 464 kilograms overhead.