Kharkiv sportsman Oleksij Torokhtij became Olympic champion
07 august 2012 09:01
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.
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