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From May 25 to June 2, Tirana, as the European Capital of Youth, will host the European Weightlifting Championship.
Mayor Erion Veliaj said that this is good news for the capital, in the year of Youth. He received the President of the European Weightlifting Federation, Antonio Conflitti, with whom he stressed that Tirana will give its best in organizing the championship.
“It is great news for Tirana, so we will do our best to make sure that the typical Tirana welcome is the same for all 44 countries that will bring their teams to our capital. It is a privilege that the European Weightlifting Federation, on the jubilee of the 100th anniversary of the championship, has decided to hold it in Tirana, “said Veliaj.
The mayor stressed that our athletes just brought world medals to Albania. “Briken Çalja returned with a medal from Uzbekistan. We had a very good performance in Tokyo as well. I believe that it goes, not only to medals, but also to Tirana, as the European Capital of Youth, that in this important year for us, which coincides with the 100th anniversary of the European Weightlifting Championship, to be the home of champions, “said Veliaj .
The President of the European Weightlifting Federation, Antonio Conflitti, expressed his happiness for the development of this very important championship for the sport of weightlifting in Tirana: “We are happy to come to Albania. More than the development of the championship itself, it is worth the fact that this 100th anniversary of the European adult, we develop in your country. We are very happy to see so many positive changes. “We want to continue working together, to do something big and good for our sport, for sport in Europe.”
The President of the Albanian Weightlifting Federation, Elez Gjoza, said that this is a success of Albania: “The delegation was amazed by the conditions that Albania has to organize a European Championship for adults. “We have already qualified as a credible Federation to organize, not only European for adults, but also world championships,” he declared.
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