YEREVAN, November 9. /ARKA/. Armenian weightlifter Simon Martirosyan in the 109 kg category has  clinched gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships in Turkmenistan.

Martirosyan lifted a record weight of 240 kg in the clean and jerk and 195 kg in the snatch. The total weight was 435 kg.

Martirosyan won the gold medal at the Youth Games of 2014 and the silver medal  at the Summer Olympics in Rio (2016) .

The 84th World Weightlifting Championships runs from the 1st to the 10th of November in the capital of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat. -0-