Armenian Weightlifters Bring Record Number of Medals from European Championship

The Armenian team of weightlifters, by winning 7 “big” medals, once again proved in the European Weightlifting Championship 2010 in Minsk that it is one of the strongest in Europe.

According to local Armenian sports news web site Arm.sport, the Armenian weightlifters had never before returned from Europe with so many medals.

The record with gold medals is not that good this time as in 2008 Armenia had 4 champions at once, while the Armenian national anthem was played in Belarus during this championship only twice.

Given some of the Armenian weightlifter were not participating in this Minsk championship due to different reasons, Armenia’s achievements become far more praiseworthy.

Among Armenian weightlifters that did not take part in this championship were Arakel Mirzoyan, Tigran V. Martirosyan, Gevorg Davtyan, Nazik Avdalyan, who are real contenders of gold medals.