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.
Two more members of the Azerbaijan National Team –Murad Aliyev and Kamil Nabiyev tested their powers among U-15 boys, in 62kg weight category.
Kamil Nabiyev took the 12th place in snatch with 80kg result. In clean and jerk, he was 9th with 104kg result. With a total of 184kg (80+104) result, Kamil Nabiyev took 10th place.
Murad Aliyev got on the honorary chair. Surpassing all his opponents, our athlete was gold medalist with 100kg result in snatch. He also continued successful performance in clean and jerk and was winner in this movement with 118kg result. Murad Aliyev, who was named the best of Europe, got on the highest step of honorary chair with a total of 218kg (100+118) result.
We congratulate our athlete, his coaches, everyone who contributed to this great achievement, and thank him for bringing homeland the next gold medal!
