Armenian lifters snatch gold, silver at European ChampionshipsApril 10, 2021 - 14:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian weightlifters Samvel Gasparyan and Arsen Martirosyan secured the first and second spots, respectively, at the European Championships currently underway in Moscow. Both athletes competed in the 102kg weight category. Gasparyan lifted a total of 390 kg above his head in snatch and clean and jerk competitions, while Martirosyan raised 380 kg overall. Karen Avagyan earlier won gold, Hakob Mkrtchyan and Andranik Karapetyan took bronze, while Rafik Harutyunyan secured a bronze medal in the clean and jerk event only. In the women's team, meanwhile, Liana Gyurjyan won bronze, Izabella Yaylyan won silver in the snatch event. Several other lifters from Armenia have yet to compete in their respective weight categories. 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 | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |