Monday, September 27, 2010

Tigran G. Martirosyan Becomes World Weight Lifting Champ



Armenia's Tigran G. Martirosyan (77kg) won the world's champion title in the World Weightlifting Championship that happen recently in Antalya, Turkey.

The athlete Martirosyan won a gold medal lifting 173kg in the category called "snatch." China's Xiaojun Lu came in second with a result of 170 kg, followed by Iran's Kianush Rostami with 161kg.

In the category called "jerk," Tigran lifted 200kg and became the world champion. Xiaojun Lu took a small gold in jerk.

In total, Tigran G. Martirosyan lifted 373kg in clean and jerk combination. Click here to see where this article came from!

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