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YEREVAN, APRIL 18, ARMENPRESS. General Secretary of the European Weightlifting Federation Milan Mihajlovic praised the level of organization of the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan.
“The European federation is very happy that the championships are held in Armenia. Armenian sports, particularly weightlifting, is well known in the world. We are happy that Yerevan is hosting the 2023 European championships. The organization is impressive, it’s obvious that work has been done in this direction,” Mihajlovic told ARMENPRESS.
Mihajlovic also spoke about the values of sport.
“We are all friends here and we are happy to preserve the values in this area. Regrettably, sometimes some people don’t understand this and ruin the atmosphere and create difficulties for us all,” Mihajlovic added, apparently referring to incident with the Azerbaijani flag during the opening ceremony.
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