Armenia’s Simon Martirosyan nominated for Lifter of the Year titleJanuary 22, 2020 - 15:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian weightlifter Simon Martirosyan has been nominated for the title of the Lifter of the Year 2019 by the International Weightlifting Federation. Martirosyan set a new world record and snatched gold in the 109kg category of the World Weightlifting Championships in Thailand in September 2019. In 2014 Martirosyan competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics winning a gold medal in the +85 kg category. He competed for Armenia in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the silver medal in the men's 105 kg competition The two time European Champion competed in the 105 kg category until 2018 and 109 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Four lifters from North Korea, China and Georgia are also running for the best lifter’s title. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |