Azerbaijani Weightlifter Wins European Championship
Date
6/17/2024 2:16:20 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
The European Championship among weightlifters aged 15 and 17
continues in Thessaloniki, Greece, Azernews
reports citing Idman.
Today two more athletes of the Azerbaijani national team took to
the platform - Abdulhuseyn Huseynov and Kamran Khappayev.
They tried their hand at the 61 kg weight category among
athletes under 15 years old.
Abdulhuseyn Huseynov took 6th place in the final ranking with a
total of 207 kg (95+112).
Kamran Khappaev performed more successfully. Azerbaijani athlete
lifted 102 kg in the snatch and became the winner of the European
Championship.
He achieved the same result in the clean and jerk. The athlete,
who lifted 125 kg, again won the gold medal, ahead of his
competitors.
With a total weight of 227 kg (102+125), Kamran Khappaev
surpassed all his competitors and rose to the top of the
podium.
415 (198 girls + 217 boys) athletes from 38 countries took part
in the European Championship, which will end on June 24. Earlier,
the representative of our team Nurai Abilova (under 15 years old,
40 kg) won a silver medal in the snatch.
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