Armenia’s Hmayak Harutyunyan performed unsuccessfully in the 96 kg weight class of the U20 European Weightlifting Championship being held in Romanian capital Bucharest.
In the snatch the Armenian weightlifter placed 11th with a 145 kg result while in the clean and jerk failed three attempts to lift a 181 kg barbell and got 0 points.
Russia’s representative Artur Babayan became a silver medalist with a total of 354 kg (160+194).
In the 96 kg weight class of the U23 Championship Armenia’s Samvel Babakyan missed the competition because of an injury.