Georgian weightlifting team’s member Irakli Turmanidze (105 kg) won silver medal at the European Championship, which was under way at Tbilisi Sports Palace. Georgian weightlifter lifted 435 kg.
Turmanidze lifted 192 kg in snatch. Then lifted 197 and 201 kgs without problem and won silver medal. Russian team’s member Chingiz Mogushkov had better result – 202 kg.
Irakli Turmanidze started clean and jerk with 225kg and successful attempt. Then, he lifted 231 and 234 kgs. Oleg Proshak lifted 235 kg and overall collected 435 kg. The personal weight of the athletes decided the fate of gold. Ukrainian weightlifter weighted 130,2 kg and the Georgian – 131,04 kg.
Chingiz Mogushkov took the third place with 432 kg (202+230).
In +105 kg weight category, Giorgi Chkheidze took part and occupied the 4th place in B group. After summarizing both group’s results, he moved to the 12th place.
So, the Georgian weightlifting team ended the competition with 4 medals.
Today champions and prizewinners were found out in +75 kg in women. Russian Tatiana Kashirina overcame all of them.
Weightlifting
European Championship
Tbilisi
April 18
Men
105 kg
1 Bartlomiej Bonk (Poland) 408 kg (185+223)
2 Andrian Zbirnea (Moldova) 399 kg (177+222)
3 Arkadiusz Michalski (Poland) 399 kg (172+227)
9 Davit Gogia (Georgia) 391 kg (181+210)
- Gia Machavariani (Georgia)
+105 kg
1 Oleg Proshak (Ukraine) 435 kg (200+235)
2 Irakli Turmanidze (Georgia) 435 kg (201+234)
3 Chingiz Mogushkov (Russia) 432 kg (202+230)
12 Giorgi Chkheidze (Georgia) 367 kg (163+204)
Women
+75 kg
1 Tatiana Karishina (Russia) 322 kg (142+180)
2 Anastasia Lisenko (Ukraine) 280 kg (126+154)
3 Andrea Aaney (Romania) 261 kg (120+141)
