World, European, Olympic champion Artur Aleksanyan has withdrawn from the World Championship final in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
The Armenian Weightlifting Federation has said that the athlete sustained a rib injury in the semi-final yesterday and he won’t be able to compete.
Three-time World champion will have to take the silver medal and gold will go to Musa Evloev (Russia).
Another member of Armenia team, Karapet Chalyan (77kg) will compete for the bronze tomorrow. Both he and Aleksanyan have earned quotas for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Earlier, Slavik Galstyan (63kg) brought Armenia a bronze medal in Nur-Sultan.
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