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16 October 2009 - 07:11 AMT

Sergey Petrosyan wins gold at Under 23 Weightlifting Championship

Armenian weightlifter,  Sergey Petrosyan , representing Russia in under 69kg weight category, won a gold medal at Under 23 Weightlifting Championship in Wladyslawowo, Poland.
 
The winner lifted a weigh of 318 kg in clean and jerk combination (143 kg +175 kg). The runner-up is Oleg Chen (Russia), who showed the same results yet was defeated because of body weigh disadvantage.
 
Bronze went to Damian Kucinski (Poland)- 309 kg (138+171).
 
At Weightlifting Championship on October 16, Armenia will be represented by 2 weightlifters in under 77 kg weight category: Aghasi Aghasyan and Arayik Mirzoyan.