Law of Iterated Logarithm when the mean does not exist

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Let $X_1,X_2,\ldots$ be an i.i.d. sequence of random variables such that $X_1\geq 0$ a.s. and $\mathbb P[X_1>x]\sim x^{-\alpha}$, where $\alpha<1$. This implies that $X_1$ does not have finite mean. Does the following law of iterated logarithm hold? $$ \limsup_{n\to\infty} \frac{X_1+\cdots+X_n}{n^{\alpha}(\log\log n)^{1-\alpha}}=c,\quad \text{a.s.}, $$ where $c$ is a constant depending on the distribution of $X_1$. A continuous-time version holds (see here). Also, a special case of the claim exists here (Theorem 3) regarding zeros of the simple random walk, in which $\alpha=\frac 12$.

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Yes, it holds. Thanks to Jean Bertoin for telling me the answer, the problem is solved in Theorem 4 of this paper.