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On the fourth competition day of the 2026 World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo, China, Armenia was represented by Alexandra Grigoryan from Gyumri in the 57 kg weight category.
In the snatch, Grigoryan held the 85 kg barbell above his head.
In the clean and jerk exercise, Grigoryan lifted the barbell weighing 114 kg in the second attempt and 120 kg in the third. Alexandra Grigoryan took fourth place with a combined result of 205 kg.
Alexandra repeated the result she achieved in the winter of 2024 in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, winning the bronze medal at the Senior World Championships with a combined result of 205 kg (85+120). She also won the silver medal in the clean and jerk.
In April 2026, at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Batumi, Georgia, Alexandra Grigoryan won a silver medal with a combined result of 210 kg (91+119). Alexandra won a small bronze medal by lifting 119 kg in the clean and jerk.
Recall that the 2026 World Weightlifting Championships are the first qualifying tournament for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
At the World Wrestling Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, freestyle wrestler Vazgen Tevanyan started the 65 kg competition with a victory over Zeneemeder Byambasuren, reaching the final, where he lost to USA's Bon Bassett 1:9. Vazgen Tevanyan will return home from Kazakhstan with a silver medal.
In December 2020, Vazgen Tevanyan won the gold medal in the 65 kg weight category at the World Cup, which replaced the World Championships in Belgrade. In the qualifying round, Tevanyan defeated Moldovan representative Nikolay Grahmez 6:0, in the 1/8 finals he defeated Bahraini Haji Mohamed Ali 11:0, in the 1/4 finals he defeated Nicolay Okhlopkov (Romania) 10:0, and in the wrestling match for a place in the final, he defeated Ukrainian representative Gor Hovhannisyan 7:2. In the final, Tevanyan defeated Hungarian representative Ismail Musukaev 9:1.
Let's add the fifth tournament day of the World Weightlifting Championships: tomorrow, October 31, Gor Sahakyan in the 75 kg weight category and Tigran Karapetyan in the Group C competition will take to the stage.
Vladimir Gabrielyan