2024-08-23 19:15:14
Armenian weightlifters participating in the European Weightlifting Championship held in Tel Aviv, Israel are improving their achievements every day.
It is known that Smbat Margaryan from Yerevan (56 kg) won the bronze medal at the start. On the second day of the tournament, on April 7, Vanik Avetisyan (69 kg) from Geghakert won a silver medal. In the Pokum exercise, the scenario of Smbat Margaryan’s speech was repeated. failure. Vanik’s result of 140 kg was only the fifth. But in the push-up, the Ejmiatsin citizen reached a high index, subduing the 175 kg barbell to his will. In the duel, with a result of 315 kg, the Armenian master of iron games was recognized as the second and won a silver medal. This is reported by the press department of the Armenian National Olympic Committee, adding that the National Olympic Committee of Armenia congratulates both the newly crowned European vice-champion and his personal coach, the honored coach of the USSR Felix Aliyev. He is truly a great professional. Aliyev’s school has passed the world and European multiple champion and record holder, silver medalist of the Moscow Olympic Games, Yuri Sargsyan, former European champion Gevorg Poghosyan, and today, Vanik Avetisyan, a graduate student of the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture. By the way, all the mentioned masters are representatives of the republican council of “Sevan” JSC.
During the conversation, Vigen Khachatryan, the director of the Geghakert (Samaghar) sports school, said that the goal of the coaching council of their team is to send Vanik to the Olympic Games “Rio-2016” as part of the RA national team.
Today, the 77 kg weightlifters will take to the Tel Aviv stage. Let’s hope that the competitions of our Tigran Martirosyan and Arakel Mirzoyan will already be golden.