weightlifting

[Haykakan]

ARMENIA IS RECOGNIZED THE BEST IN WEIGHTLIFTING

Aysor
Oct 20 2009
Armenia

The European U23 Weightlifting Championship in Poland's Vladyslavovo is
over. Two Armenian athletes became champions, Agasi Agasyan (Yerevan,
77 kg, 150 kg, 187 kg = 337 kg) and Ruben Alexanyan (Ararat, 181 kg,
235 kg = 416 kg).

Agvan Melikyan seeded third (Gyumri, 85 kg, 160 kg 94 kg = 354 kg)
as well as Vardan Davtyan (Yerevan, 94 kg, 160 kg, 199 kg = 359 kg).

Thus, three of eight Armenian weightlifter won gold, two athletes won
silver, and one athlete won bronze. Armenian team earned 587 points
and seeded first.

Russian (577 points) team seeded second, and Poland (538 points)
- third.

[Haykakan]

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ARMENIAN WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.02.2010 18:29 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On February 21-23, Yerevan State Olympic Reserve
College was hosting Armenian Weightlifting Championship.

Women's Weightlifting Championship gold went to: Isabella Yalyan
(weight category 53kg), Elen Grigoryan (weight category 55kg), Alla
Samvelyan (weight category 63kg), Kristine Petrosyan (weight category
69kg), Meline Daluzyan (weight category 75kg) and Hripsime Khurshudyan
(weight category +75kg).

Men's Weightlifting Championship gold went to: Mais Tatosyan (weight
category 56kg), Vanik Avetisyan (weight category 62kg), David Muradyan
(weight category 69kg), Aghasi Aghasyan (weight category 77kg)
and Gevorg Poghosyan (weight category 85kg), Armenian Weightlifting
Federation secretary general, Pashik Alaverdyan told PanARMENAIN.Net
reporter.

As was earlier reported by head coach of Armenian Team Ashot Mkitaryan,
based on championship results, Armenian team will be formed to
participate in European Weightlifting Championship.

[Haykakan]

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WRESTLERS WITH ARMENIAN SURNAMES EXPELLED FROM RUSSIAN TEAM

Aysor
April 7 2010
Armenia

Russian national wrestling team has expelled athletes with Armenian
surnames, who were before reported as participants at the European
Championship in Baku.

Team's chief coach Gogi Koguashvili said: "We were planning to contest
Seyran Simonian and Migran Harutyunian, but later we had to change
our plans."

Koguashvili said that Simonian was injured and is preparing for
surgery, while the team's management made a decision to expel
Harutyunian from the list of participants, for obvious reasons to
have no track with provocations.

"I believe that the Azerbaijani side will make efforts to provide
security for participants of Armenian origin; however, there can be
someone out of balance, whose actions can be unpredictable," said
Gogi Koguashvili.

[Eddo211]

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Gevorg Poghosyan wins European weightlifting champion title
April 10, 2010 - 12:05 AMT 07:05 GMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 9, Armenian sportsmen won eight medals, two of which are gold, at 2010 European Weightlifting Championships taking place in Minsk. Meline Daluzyan (w/c up to 69) won 3 silver medals.

Ara Khachatryan, 2007 and 2008 World Championships bronze winner and European Championships two-time silver medalist, won the snatch bronze while Gevorg Poghosyan (w/c up to 85kg) came fourth.

The Armenian sportsmen were successful in clean & jerk, where leader of snatch Nikolai Novikov (Belarus) failed to lift 196kg. After it, the Armenian sportsmen started struggling for the champion’s title. Ara Khachatryan lifted 203kg and took the leadership for several minutes; however, Gevorg Poghosyan lifted 204, winning the champion’s title with 369 kg in snatch, clean & jerk combination, surpassing Khachatryan by 1kg.

The Armenian team is the second place in the team event with 13 medals – 6 gold, 6 silver and 1 bronze.

2008 European Championships winner Hripsime Khurshudyan (w/c up to 75kg) will enter the competition on April 10.

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/sport/news/46838/Gevorg_Poghosyan_wins_European_weightlifting_champion_title

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Too bad we can't post pictures in sports threads.

[ArmeniaR]

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And my lovely uncle in 2001

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