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Move over Hercules, the world's strongest man is muscling into your territory. Iran's Hossein Rezazadeh, a colossus who stands over six-foot tall and weighs 160kg, is looking to rewrite Greek folklore by defending his Olympic weightlifting superheavyweight title in Athens on Wednesday

Known for summoning up the Gods to give him strength before every lift, Rezazadeh realises that only a Herculean effort will land him gold. "To win the gold medal I will have to lift (a total of) 475kg. That will be a new world record," said the softly-spoken gentle giant. "There is no alternative."

The deeply-religious 26-year-old has taken weightlifting by storm since bursting onto the scene in record-breaking fashion at the 2000 Sydney Games, a victory which saw him dubbed ‘The World's Strongest Man’.