Armenia’s Sona Poghosyan grabs gold at Junior European Championships
Armenian weightlifter Sona Poghosyan has won gold at the 2017 European U20 Weightlifting Championships underway in Durres, Albania.
According to the press service of the National Olympic Committee, the Armenian athlete took the gold with a total of 227kg result from both lifts. She also won small gold medals in snatch (97kg) and clean and jerk (130kg) events.
Three other representatives of Armenia – Andranik Karapetyan (85kg), Karush Ghukasyan (94kg) and Arpine Dalalyan (90+ kg) will begin their performances today.
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