Sona Poghosyan: I was more confident during the clean and jerk

22:00 - 12 Aug, 2016

Armenia's women's weightlifting tem member Sona Poghosyan is content with her result at the Olympic Games but she has felt tense.

''I was a little tense and because of it I lost the third attempt of the snatch – 100kg. I was more confident during the clean and jerk. I had lifted 125kg during trainings and I had confidence. I am happy and I gained confidence of participating in the Adults' Olympics. At the European Championship I had managed to snatch 102kg and lift 125kg in the clean and jerk,'' Poghosyan stressed.

Sona Poghosyan placed third with a total of 223kg in the women's 75kg, Group B event .

 

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