Armenia’s Vladik Karapetyan (w.c. 62kg) won gold at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Valencia. Karapetyan lifted 253kg in the snatch, clean and jerk combination, taking the lead over the Azerbaijani and Turkish weightlifters – Firudin Guliyev and Emre Buyukunlu.

After Firudin Guliyev’s 3rd attempt to lift 145kg in “clean and jerk” discipline, Azeri delegation appealed against the decision by arbiters. Upon receiving negative response, the delegation forbade its sportsman from participating in award ceremony.