TIGRAN MARTIROSYAN EUROPEAN WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPION

armradio.am
18.04.2008 13:34

Armenian weightlifter Tigran Martirosyan (69 kg) showed the result of
346 kg in the snatch and clean and jerk combination in the European
Weightlifting Championships underway in Lignano (Italy), achieving
the champion’s title. He outran his main competitor V. Dabaya of
France with 13 kg.

Tigran Martirosyan won in the snatch event with the result of 158 kg,
outrunning his opponents with 12 kg.

Tigran Martirosyan and V. Dabaya showed the same result (188 kg)
in the clean and jerk, but Dabaya won because of his lighter weight,
setting two new youth records.

In the women’s contest Hripsime Khurshudyan failed in the snatch.

However, she achieved a gold medal in the clean and jerk with the
result of 141 kg.

As of today, the Armenian women’s team has achieved 7 gold medals
and decisively leads in the team competition.