AZERI DELEGATION DISALLOWS ITS WEIGHTLIFTER FROM PARTICIPATING IN AWARD CEREMONY
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 20, 2010 – 20:30 AMT 15:30 GMT
Armenia’s Vladik Karapetyan (w.c. 62kg) won gold at the European
Youth Weightlifting Championships in Valencia. Karapetyan lifted
253kg in the snatch, clean and jerk combination, taking the lead
over the Azerbaijani and Turkish weightlifters – Firudin Guliyev and
Emre Buyukunlu.
After Firudin Guliyev’s 3rd attempt to lift 145kg in "clean and
jerk" discipline, Azeri delegation appealed against the decision by
arbiters. Upon receiving negative response, the delegation forbade
its sportsman from participating in award ceremony.