Armenia wins 23 medals at European Weightlifting ChampionshipsApril 12, 2021 - 12:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia won 23 medals – 5 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze – at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships, held in Moscow between April 3 and 11. Only Russia achieved slightly better results with 24 medals overall. Superheavyweight lifter Gor Minasyan on Sunday, April 11 lifted a total of 464 kg to become the vice champion, while Varazdat Lalayan competing in the same weight category snatched bronze by raising 464 kg above his head in both the snatch and clean and jerk events of the championships. Samvel Gasparyan and Arsen Martirosyan (102 kg), meanwhile, secured the first and second spots, respectively, while Simon Martirosyan, took gold in the snatch event of the 109 kg weight category, Karen Avagyan earlier won gold, Hakob Mkrtchyan and Andranik Karapetyan took bronze, while Rafik Harutyunyan secured a bronze medal in the clean and jerk event only. In the women's team, meanwhile, Liana Gyurjyan won bronze, while Izabella Yaylyan won silver in the snatch event. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |