YOUNG ARMENIAN WEIGHTLIFTERS GAIN 3 GOLD, 9 SILVER, AND 6 BRONZE MEDALS IN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Noyan Tapan

Se p 22, 2008

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. European Weightlifting Youth
Championship finished on September 20 in the city of Durres,
Albania. Among representatives of Armenia Sevak Sahakian (105 kg,
Kasakh) took the second place with 327 kg result in biathlon and
received a silver prize. He recorded 171 kg result in snatch and 201
kg in clean and jerk.

Superheavyweight Ruben Alexanian also received a silver prize (Ararat,
187 kg + 225 kg = 412 kg).

Aghvan Melikian (Gyumri, 153 kg – 192 kg = 345 kg) received bronze
medal in the competition of 85 kg weight category sportsmen. Aram
Andrikian (Sevan) was the 3rd in the same weight category, in clean
and jerk, 191 kg.

Armenian David Bekjanian in the Russian national team received gold
medal in 105 kg weight category.

Thus, Armenia’s weightlifting youth national team received 18 medals
in European Championship (3 gold, 9 silver, and 6 bronze). In the
competition of 197 participants of 32 countries the Armenian team
took the second honorary place with 550 points. National teams of
Russia (604 points) and Albania (485 points) took the first and third
prize places.

Kosovo was elected the 49th member-country at the conference of
European Weightlifting Federation held in days of the championship.