The second coach of the Armenian weightlifting team, Vigen Khachatryan has hailed the performances of the Armenian sportsmen at the European Championships taking place in Batumi, Georgia as ‘brilliant’. 

The Armenian men’s team has won two medals in the 89 kg weight class in the championship. In particular, Hakob Mkrtchyan lifted a total of 371 kg to win the gold medal and set a new European record, while Davit Hovhannisyan took the bronze with a combined total of 360 kg.

The coach stressed the Armenian weightlifters performed better than they could. “Our athletes showed their high class,” he was quoted as saying by the National Olympic Committee.

“Good trainings were followed by successful performances, especially that of Davit Hovhannisyan. Davit achieved new results, while the 207 kg result recorded by Hakob Mkrtchyan in the clean and jerk event was excellent. I assess the performances of our weightlifters as brilliant,” he said.