TEHRAN - Sajad Anoushirvani, newly-elected president of Iran weightlifting federation, says that he is figured out to rebuild the ruined federation.Anoushirvani was elected unopposed as president of Iran weightlifting federation for a four-year term till 2027 on Monday.

When we took over the weight-lifting federation, as acting president, we didnt think that we would face a ruin in terms of financial and facility issues, Anoushirvani stated in his special interview with Tehran Times.

We understood about the troubles that we were facing and attempted to fix them step by step.

There were issues regarding the renewal of the agreements of the federations workers and the coaches, which we had the ability to resolve some of problems by signing a proper contract with a sponsor.

In the initial step, we considered a specific budget for all provinces and after that imported about 100 sets of professional weightlifting devices and dispersed all of it over the nation, added the president of the federation.In the elections held at the Irans Academy Olympic in Tehran on Monday, Anoushiravani protected 52 votes out of 52 votes cast.

He replaced Ali Moradi in the position.Anoushirvani, who belongs to the Asian Weightlifting Federations executive board, likewise talked about his future plans.

We are attempting to increase the number of our representatives in international weightlifting boards.

It may be challenging, but its possible, he included.

With well-known figures such as Hossein Rezazadeh, Kurosh Bagheri and Behdad Salimi, we will certainly have candidates to take seats in international weightlifting boards and committees, he concluded.Anoushirvani is a previous weightlifter who won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with a total of 449 kg.

He was the head coach of Irans weightlifting group at Rio Olympics in summer 2016, that won 2 golds.