Nine Athletes from Armenia at the World Weightlifting Championship

The World Weightlifting Championship will be held in Pattaya, Thailand from September 18 to 27. This has been reported by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports. 

Armenia will be represented by nine athletes at the championship. The men's team will compete with the following members: Andranik Karapetyan (81kg), Hakob Mkrtchyan (89kg), David Hovhannisyan (89kg), Samvel Gasparyan (102kg), Simon Martirosyan (109kg), Gohar Minasyan (+109kg), and Ruben Aleksanyan (+109kg). 

In the women's competition, Izabella Yailyan (59kg) and Tatev Hakobyan (87kg) will participate. The championship is a qualifying event for the Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo in 2020.