TWO ARMENIAN WEIGHTLIFTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN OLYMPIC GAMES
Support A1+!In the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Armenians set their hopes on weightlifter Gevorg Davtian (77kg), who is the only Armenian double European champion that won a silver medal in the World Championship 2007.
In the World Championship 2007 Gevorg was about to become a champion but in the end he yielded to Ivan Stoitsov with 1 kg and won the silver medal.
However, Ivan Stoitsov, as well as all the other Bulgarian weightlifters, are banned to participate in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games as Bulgaria's Weightlifting Federation has withdrawn its team from this summer's Beijing Olympics since 11 lifters failed drugs tests.
In the World Championship 2007 Davtian lifted 362 kg. The same weight was lifted by Oleg Perepechinov in the World Championship 2008, in which Davtian did not take part in order to save energy for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Another aspirant to Olympic medals is Ara Khachatrian (77kg), who won silver medals in the past 2 European Championships and got the 3rd standing in the World Championship 2006.
