Karen Margaryan becomes European Under-20 Champion, Suren Grigoryan - vice-champion (PHOTOS)

Armenia scored gold and silver medals at the men’s 81 kg competition of the European Under-20 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland.

Karen Margaryan, 20, was declared European champion after lifting 330 kg (153+177) in the biathlon, while Suren Grigoryan, 18, scored the title of vice-champion in the same category after lifting 328 kg (145+186) in the biathlon.

Russia’s representative Artem Gorlovy scored the bronze after lifting 324 kg in the biathlon during the 81 kg competition.

This was Armenia’s fourth gold medal at the European Under-20 and Under-23 Weightlifting Championships.

Earlier, Garnik Cholakyan (55 kg, 230 kg in the biathlon) and Gor Sahakyan (67 kg, 301 kg in the biathlon) had scored gold medals during the competition of 20-year-olds. Rafik Harutyunyan (81 kg) scored a gold medal with one approach during the jerk drill at the Under-23 competition, and Milena Khachatryan scored the bronze medal at the European Under-20 Championships.