Simon Martirosyan to skip World Weightlifting Championships

Armenia’s Simon Martirosyan will not participate in the 2024 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain, the National Olympic Committee reports.

Martirosyan, an Olympic silver medalist and a two-time world and European champion, will have to skip the competition due to injury.

The Armenian weightlifting team includes 9 athletes.

The World Weightlifting Championships kicks off on December 6.