After 40 years, Sports Complex of Yerevan will host strongest  athletes in Europe

ArmInfo.For the first time in the history of independent Armenia, the country will host the European Weightlifting Championship among adults in 2023. According to the press service of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the  Republic of Armenia (MECS), the European Weightlifting Federation  confirmed its consent in an official letter to the Armenian  Federation.  Preliminarily, the championship will be held in April  2023.

As deputy head of the department Karen Giloyan noted, everything  possible will be done to ensure that the sporting event is held at  the highest level. "This is a good opportunity to once again show our  high athletic achievements in this sport, and the championship will  give impetus to the further popularization of weightlifting," he  said. It is noted that the championship in Armenia will become a  rating for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

To recall, at the end of March, a delegation of the European  Weightlifting Federation (EWF) visited Armenia, which got acquainted  with the capabilities of the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts  Complex in Yerevan , where the European Championship will be held.

It should be noted that in 1983, the 57th World Weightlifting  Championship was to be held in the Yerevan Sports Complex. All the  conditions for its holding were satisfied, serious preparations were  made, everything was ready. However, the competition was suddenly  moved to Moscow. .According to the official version, due to the  incompleteness of the construction of the complex, according to the  unofficial version, due to the fact that the complex is located in  Tsitsernakaberd, next to the monument to the Armenian Genocide, and  raising the flag of Turkey that does not recognize the Genocide could  have undesirable consequences.