Armenia win two more medals at European Weightlifting Championships

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia won two more medals at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, Albania on Sunday, June 5.

Varazdat Lalayan snatched silver in the men's 109+ category, raising a total of 451 kg above his head, while Olympic medalist Gor Minasyan, also competing in that category, took silver. The gold medal went to Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze, who is now a seven-time European champion.

The Armenian men's team ranks the second by the number of medals and points collected throughout the Championships. Earlier, Rafik Harutyunyan won gold in the 81 kg weight category, Davit Hovhannisyan and Ara Aghanyan took gold and silver, respectively, in the 96 kg event, Samvel Gasparyan (102 kg) won silver, while Arsen Martirosyan (109 kg) snatched a bronze medal.

Also, Andranik Karapetyan secured a silver medal in the snatch event of the 89 kg category, while Tatev Hakobyan from the women's team took bronze in the snatch event of the 76 kg category.