Sona Poghosyan wins a bronze at the European Weightlifting Championships
The European Weightlifting Championships are underway in Split, Croatia where the Armenian female representative Sona Poghosyan (75kg) showed a double-event of 227kg (101+126) and became a bronze medalist.
The Armenian athlete won a small silver in the snatch, lifting 126kg.
In the clean & jerk Poghosyan came the forth.
In the women’s 75kg weight class competition Lidia Valentin of Spain became European Champion, while Russia’s Maria Vostrikova came the second.
Other representatives of Armenia Tatev Hakobyan (90kg) and Karush Ghukasyan (94kg) will compete today in the B subgr