ARMENIAN WEIGHTLIFTERS WIN EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
ARMENPRESS
April 21, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 21, ARMENPRESS; Another Armenian weightlifter, Tigran
Martirosian, 85 kg, has become absolute European champion in his
weight category and the fourth Armenian who has won gold medals at
the European championship in Italy.
His combined result is 377 kg, 4 kg more than his nearest rival Vasily
Polovnikov of Russia and 15 kg more than Georgy Markov of Bulgaria
who came in third.
Edgar Gevorkian, 94 kg, won silver medal and Arthur Babayan, 105 kg,
came 8-th in clean and jerk event.
Armenians have won overall 13 golden, 3 silver and one bronze medals
winning the team championship.