Ara Khachatryan withdraws from World Weightlifting Championships over hand injurySeptember 25, 2010 - 13:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Tigran V. Martirosyan and Ara Khachatryan represented Armenia in the 85kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships in Antalya, Turkey. Martirosyan started with 170kg in the snatch but failed to lift the weight with three attempts. Khachatryan started with 175 kg, scratching gold in the snatch but got a hand injury in an attempt to lift 201kg in the clean & jerk and withdrew. Currently, Armenia has 6 medals. Hripsime Khirshudyan (75kg) and Gevorg Poghosyan (94kg) will enter the competition on September 25. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |