Georgia's Talakhadze becomes seven-time European champion
Georgia's Talakhadze becomes seven-time European champion

Lasha Talakhadze, a Georgian weightlifter, has won the European Weightlifting Championships in Erevan, Armenia.

Talakhadze earned gold by lifting 222 kg in snatch and 252 kg in clean and jerk, in total 474 kg.

Another Georgian national team member, Bakar Turmanidze, took fifth place.