GOYANG, NOVEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. At the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships held in the South Korean city of Goyang, weightlifters in the men's 69 kg class competed on November 22. Arakel Mirzoyan of Armenia snatched 154 kg, clean and jerked 180 kg and with a total of 334 kg took second place and won the silver medal. He also won the bronze medal in snatch. Arakel is the son of weightlifter Ogsen Mirzoyan, a champion of the Olympic Games.

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