World Championship: Weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan wins small bronze medal

17:00 - 22 Sep, 2019

Andranik Karapetyan (81 kg) won a small bronze medal at the World Weightlifting Championship underway in Thailand.
The 2016 European champion won a small bronze medal lifting 168 kg in the snatch while got 0 points in the clean and jerk.
The Armenian wrestler failed to lift a 195 kg barbell from the third attempt.
Earlier, Izabela Yaylyan (59) had been the first Armenian representative to enter the World Championship who had placed 14th with a total of 202 kg (92+110).
Armenia has seven more representatives at the World Championship.

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