The third competition day of European Weightlifting Championship, held among young boys and girls U15-17, in Milan, Italy, ended. In the tournament, which are attended by 388 athletes from about 40 countries (169 girls and 219 boys), the members of Azerbaijan National team got on the platform.
Finally, the member of National team-Fugan Aliyev, the winner of European Youth Championship held in Novy Tomisl, Poland, in 2016, tested his power among U-17 boys, in 69kg weight category.
Our athlete took the 4th place in snatch with 120kg result. Aliyev, who performed well in clean and jerk, was able to become Europe’s third with 151kg result in this movement.
In the final rankings of European Championship, Fugan was bronze medalist with a total of 271kg (120+151) result.
We congratulate our athlete, his coaches, everyone who contributed to this great achievement, and thank him for raising our flag on the international arena!!
Bravo!
