Culture & sport

Varazdat Lalayan wins bronze at World Weightlifting Championships

Culture & sport. Photo: WFA, cropped
Photo: WFA, cropped

Varazdat Lalayan won a bronze medal in the super heavyweight category (+110 kg) at the World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo, China, with a total of 457 kg (210+247). He won a small silver medal in the snatch and a small bronze medal in the clean and jerk. The title went to Iraq's representative with 466 kg, while Iran's representative took silver with 458 kg.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes)11:16Pro-government

Pro-government 5 / 6 First: Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes), 11:16
Balanced 10 / 14 First: Shant TV / Shantnews, 23 min later
Opposition 14 / 21 First: Tert.am, 39 min later

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Sputnik Armenia, 12:04

Timeline as a list
  1. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  2. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  3. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  4. Ararat News (Balanced)
  5. Factor (Balanced)
  6. Tert.am (Opposition)
  7. News.am (Opposition)
  8. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  9. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  10. CivilNet (Balanced)
  11. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  12. Infocom (Balanced)
  13. 1in.am (Balanced)
  14. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  15. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  16. 24news.am (Opposition)
  17. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  18. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  19. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  20. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  21. Aravot (Balanced)
  22. Mediahub (Opposition)
  23. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  24. Panorama (Opposition)
  25. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  26. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  27. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  28. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  29. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  30. Hraparak (Opposition)

All sources

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