Gevorg Poghosyan wins European weightlifting champion title

PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 9, Armenian sportsmen won eight medals, two of which are gold, at 2010 European Weightlifting Championships taking place in Minsk. Meline Daluzyan (w/c up to 69) won 3 silver medals.

Ara Khachatryan, 2007 and 2008 World Championships bronze winner and European Championships two-time silver medalist, won the snatch bronze while Gevorg Poghosyan (w/c up to 85kg) came fourth.

The Armenian sportsmen were successful in clean & jerk, where leader of snatch Nikolai Novikov (Belarus) failed to lift 196kg. After it, the Armenian sportsmen started struggling for the champion’s title. Ara Khachatryan lifted 203kg and took the leadership for several minutes; however, Gevorg Poghosyan lifted 204, winning the champion’s title with 369 kg in snatch, clean & jerk combination, surpassing Khachatryan by 1kg.

The Armenian team is the second place in the team event with 13 medals – 6 gold, 6 silver and 1 bronze.

2008 European Championships winner Hripsime Khurshudyan (w/c up to 75kg) will enter the competition on April 10.