The head coach of the men's weightlifting team of Armenia, Pashik Alaverdyan, explained why the 89th World Weightlifting Championship held in Bahrain was attended by athletes who were not well trained and injured, reportsSputnik Armenia.
It should be noted that during the World Championship in Bahrain, the European champion in the 109 kg weight category
Garik Karapetyan was injured.
Simon Martirosyan, member of the Armenian weightlifting team, two-time silver medalist of the Olympic Games, world and European champion, did not participate in the championship due to the injury he received before that.
"Garik Karapetyan's health is very good, there is no problem.
You will see how he will participate in the European Championship. Garik was well prepared for the National Championship, if he hadn't injured his shoulder, he would have won the first place," Alaverdyan mentioned during the press conference. Talking about the fact that according to preliminary data, 10 athletes were supposed to participate in the National Weightlifting Championship, but as a result, 9 people went to Manama, Alaverdyan said. complained of Simon Martirosyan.
"I wanted to participate in this championship with that 10-member team, because they are the champion team of 2023. First of all, in Russian, Simon Martirosyan gave me "подножка".
He came on the last day and said: I'm not coming, my back hurts. We could not return the ticket, plus the payment made for participation, which was 3,000 dollars," said the coach.
Referring to Alexandra Grigoryan, Pashik Alaverdyan mentioned that she should be the best participant of our Olympic Games in the future, maybe she can even win medals. The coach emphasized that she is the closest among the girls to his statement than the others, although he emphasized that Emma Poghosyan is also aspiring, because she works a lot on herself and has a fighting spirit.
Let's remind that the weightlifting championship in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, started on December 6 and ended on December 15.
11 athletes represented Armenia at the World Weightlifting Championship, among them 9 men and 2 women.
They are Garik Cholakyan (61 kg), Alexandra Grigoryan (55 kg), Gor Sahakyan (67 kg), Andranik Karapetyan (89 kg), Hakob Mkrtchyan (96 kg), Davit Hovhannisyan (96 kg), Ara Aghanyan (102 kg). , Petros Petrosyan (109 kg), Garik Karapetyan (109 kg), Tatev Hakobyan (87 kg), Varazdat Lalayan (109 +), Alexandra Grigoryan (55 kg) and Tatev Hakobyan (both 87 kg).
Alexandra Grigoryan became the bronze medalist of the World Weightlifting Championship.
