The Armenian national team won its third gold medal at the European Youth and Under-23 Championships. At the European Youth Championships in Durres, Albania, in the 71 kg weight category, Armenian national team member Tigran Karapetyan lifted 131 kg, 136 kg, and 145 kg in the snatch. With the last approach, our weightlifter set a new European record.
Karapetyan is the first in this exercise. In the clean and jerk, our weightlifter lifted 166 kg, then 172 kg, and 176 kg, setting a new European record. Here, too, he was the first. With a combined result of 321 kilograms, Tigran Karapetyan became the European Youth Champion.
At the European Youth Championships in the 71 kg weight category, Armenian national team member Narek Grigoryan snatched 131 kg, 136 kg, and 143 kg in three successful approaches. Grigoryan won a silver medal in this exercise.
In the clean and jerk, he lifted 166 kg, then 175 kg, becoming a new European record holder. In this exercise, he was second again. With a combined result of 318 kilograms, Narek Grigoryan became the vice-champion of the European Youth Championship.
