Armenia’s weightlifting team member Davit Hovhannisyan has become the vice-champion of the U-20 European Weightlifting Championships underway in Durres, Albania.
Competing in the 85kg weight category, Hovhannisyan scored a total of 343kg, taking the silver, while another representative of Armenia Karen Avagyan took the fourth place with a total of 339kg.
As the National Olympic Committee reported, Hovhannisyan won another silver in the snatch holding overhead 158kg, while Avagyan lifter 156kg and was placed the fourth.
In the U-20 women’s competition the representative of Armenia Sona Poghosyan is set to compete on Thursday.
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