Armenia’s Garnik Cholakyan came in first in his weight class at the 2022 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Greece.

Garnik Cholakyan, a 20-year-old weightlifter from Gyumri, was the overall winner in the Men’s 55kg category with a total of 240kg.

Mexico’s Jose Manuel Poox Peralta came in second (234kg), followed by Turkey’s Mustafa Erdogan (228kg).

Joining Cholakyan at the games representing Armenia are Andranik Papeyan (61 kg), Gor Sahakyan (67 kg), Mnatsakan Abrahamyan (81 kg), Suren Grigoryan, Gorg Ghahramanyan (both 89 kg), Garik Karapetyan (96 kg), Petros Petrosyan (102 kg) and Milena Khachatryan (76 kg).