Iranian Olympic Weightlifting Champion Kianoush Rostami auctioned his gold medal to raise funds for the victims of Sunday's earthquake that killed at least 452 people in Iran and Iraq. The 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the border region between Iran and Iraq on Sunday left thousands injured in hundreds of villages. The earthquake, the deadliest of the year, was felt as far as Turkey and Pakistan. Rostami, who won gold at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016, says the disaster left him desperate to help those affected.
He says, 'I consider it my duty to take a step, however small, to help my beloved fellow countrymen who have suffered as a result of the quake. I am returning the gold medal, which is theirs by right, to my people. I will auction off the medal and use the proceeds to help the quake victims."
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