Erol Bilgin, competing in the 62-kilogram category, clinched the gold medal in the snatch contest and won two silver medals in the clean and jerk event and in the overall at the ongoing 21st European Men’s Weightlifting Championship in the Italian city of Lignano.
Bilgin lifted 135 kilograms in the snatch event and took the gold as he weighed less than his rival, Russian Sergei Petrosian, who won the silver. Moldovan Vladimir Popov won the bronze, lifting 130 kilograms.
The Turkish weightlifter won the silver medal in the clean and jerk contest by lifting 160 kilograms. His Russian rival Petrosian lifted 167 kilograms to win an open victory and grab the gold. The winner of the bronze was the Azeri weightlifter Zülfügar Suleimanov, who lifted 158 kilograms. Petrosian also broke the European youth weightlifting record with 167 kilograms.

In the overall, Petrosian clinched the gold with 302 kilograms; Bilgin won the silver with 295 kilograms, and Popov took the bronze with 284 kilograms.
Bilgin was given his silver medal by State Minister for Sports Murat Ba?esgio?lu and President of the Turkish Weightlifting Federation Hasan Akku?.

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