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SMBAT MARGARYAN GETS SILVER IN EUROPEAN WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tert.am
12:17 ~U 06.04.10
On April 5, Armenian weightlifter Smbat Margaryan, only 17 years old,
had an amazing performance in the 2010 European Senior Weightlifting
Championships in Minsk, Belarus, winning a silver medal in the 56
kg category.
Margaryan competed in Group B, lifting 109 kg in the snatch category,
and 146 kg - a European Youth Record - in the clean & jerk. With a
total result of 255 kg, Smbat waited for the Group A participants to
have their turn.
A number of experienced weightlifter competed in this group, however,
it was Vitaliy Derbenev, representing Belarus, who won the gold medal.
Scoring a total result of 256 kg, Derbenev beat Margaryan simply by
1 kg.
Another weightlifter of Armenian origin, Arsen Tamrazian, representing
Russia, also competed in the 56 kg category, coming in at 9th place
by lifting a total of 238 kg.
Tert.am
12:17 ~U 06.04.10
On April 5, Armenian weightlifter Smbat Margaryan, only 17 years old,
had an amazing performance in the 2010 European Senior Weightlifting
Championships in Minsk, Belarus, winning a silver medal in the 56
kg category.
Margaryan competed in Group B, lifting 109 kg in the snatch category,
and 146 kg - a European Youth Record - in the clean & jerk. With a
total result of 255 kg, Smbat waited for the Group A participants to
have their turn.
A number of experienced weightlifter competed in this group, however,
it was Vitaliy Derbenev, representing Belarus, who won the gold medal.
Scoring a total result of 256 kg, Derbenev beat Margaryan simply by
1 kg.
Another weightlifter of Armenian origin, Arsen Tamrazian, representing
Russia, also competed in the 56 kg category, coming in at 9th place
by lifting a total of 238 kg.