On July 22-29, European Weightlifting Championship, among young boys and girls U15-17, has started in Milan, Italy. The tournament, which will be attended by 388 athletes from about 40 countries (169 girls and 219 boys), has the license character to the III Youth Olympic Games, to be held in Buenos-Aires, Argentine.
Members of the Azerbaijan National Weightlifting Team also participate in the tournament. One more of them joined the medal struggle. In 50kg weight category, Elvin Shukurzadeh tested his power among U-15 boys.
Our athlete successfully performed all three approaches in snatch and in this movement won the title of European junior silver medalist with 78 kg result.
In clean and jerk, Elvin took the 6th place with 95 kg result.
In the final rankings of European Championship, Shukurzadeh was 4th with a total of 173kg (78+95) result. He was left behind with only 1 kg.
We congratulate our athlete on this occasion and thank everyone who contributed to his victory, and wish success in the upcoming competitions!
