Kharkiv sportsman Oleksij Torokhtij became Olympic champion

09:01 07.08.2012
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Kharkiv sportsman Oleksij Torokhtij became Olympic champion

Kharkiv sportsman Oleksij Torokhtij won gold medal in weight-lifting(up to 105 kg) during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

 
The website of the Olympics informed about it. In two types – whip and take-off he showed the result 412 kg(185 and 227 kg) and left his rivals behind. The second place received the representative of Iran Navab Nasirshelal , the bronze went to Polack Bartolomej Bonk.
 
Kharkiv city mayor congratulated  Oleksij Torokhtij with the victory.
 
It is the third gold medal of Ukraine on the Olympiad.
Kharkiv sportsman Oleksij Torokhtij became Olympic champion
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