Armenian power-lifting team wins special cup for the best result

ArmInfo. The Armenian  power-lifting team was awarded a special cup for the best result at  the 2025 European Championship according to XPC (Xtreme Powerlifting  Coalition), which was held in Poland from March 26 to 30.

As reported by the press service of the Power-lifting Federation of  Armenia (PFA), the team, led by President and head coach  Gagik  Saroyan,  achieved this impressive result. Armenian athletes competed  against over  400 participants from 15 countries.

In the youth competition, Arsen Avetisyan (67.5 kg) and Misha  Khachatryan (90 kg) both won 1st place in the bench press.  Additionally, Misha Khachatryan secured 3rd place in the overall  standings. In the adult category, Garnik Abrahamyan (82.5 kg), Artur  Hayrapetyan (90 kg) and Ashot Antonyan (100 kg) all claimed 1st  place, and Gevorg Karapetyan (110 kg) took 2nd place. As noted in the  FPA report, in the deadlift exercise among adults, Gevorg Arakelyan  (82.5 kg) won 1st place and 2nd place in the overall standings, while  Gor Hovhannisyan (100 kg) came in 1st place and 3rd place in the  overall standings.  Robert Hovhannisyan came first in the veterans  category. Angelina Chobanyan (67.5 kg) took 1st place among women and  3rd place in the absolute standings. In the biathlon among youth,  Arsen Avetisyan (67.5 kg) secured 2nd place, and in the adult  competition,  Aik Afyan (100 kg) became the first. Afyan also set the  6th European record in powerlifting. Gevorg Karapetyan (110 kg)  became the winner in the same category, setting the third European  record. Gevorg Arakelyan (82.5 kg) took 3rd place.