Another Russian "bronze"

The Seedgist Oleg Perephenov brought Russia the next, already tenth bronze medal of the Athenian Games, taking third place at the Olympic Weightlifting Tournament in the weight category up to 77 kilograms. On Thursday, in the sum of two exercises, the army weightlifter took 365 kg weight. In a jerk, Pereophenov lifted 170 kg, and in a push - 195 kg.

The Golden Award was won by the Turks Taner Sagir (375 kg), Silver went to the Kazakh weightlifting Sergey Filimonov (372.5 kg).

According to ITAR-TASS, despite the early assurances of the mentors of the national team, Oleg did not recover from a serious injury and the operation underwent in November, and during the competition the pain in the hand was felt. Perephenov admitted that a month and a half ago he even thought about refusing a trip to Athens: “I was very sick of a very strong manner, and I didn’t want to go just like that, for the sake of participating in the top ten,” the athlete recalled. “However, the X -ray showed that the hand is more or less in order, and the doctor Alexander Panin simply persuaded me to speak at the games, and I endured me ... that I was already successful here, but it was already a success here. The bronze award is doubly satisfied. "

Recall that earlier today the bronze medal was won by the 17-year-old Russian rudder Zarema Kasaeva , who became the third at the Olympic tournament in the weight category up to 69 kilograms. Zarem showed a silver result, but, unfortunately, spent one attempt more on his achievement.