On April 19, the first competition day of the 2026 European Weightlifting Championships will take place on the platform at the Batumi Sports Palace (Georgia).
Two sets of women’s medals are scheduled to be awarded today. First, the athletes will determine the strongest in the lightest division (up to 48 kg), followed by (up to 53 kg).
As a reminder, this year’s championships are being held in a new format with revised weight categories.
Competition schedule | Live broadcast | Medal standings
In the women’s division (up to 48 kg) , the main battle for gold will be between Turkish weightlifters Gamze Altun and Ezgi Kilic. Eighteen-year-old Ukrainian Kateryna Malashchuk will compete in her debut tournament.
In the (up to 53 kg) category, renowned Romanian Mihaela Cambei will attempt to win her fourth consecutive gold at the continental championships. At the 2024 championships in Sofia, Mihaela set a European record of 199 kg (total). Incidentally, she competed in the (up to 49 kg) category then.
Cambei will face competition from Italian Celine Ludovica Delia and Turkish athlete Cansel Özkan.
Armenian weightlifters Izabella Yaylyan and Tanzela Grigoryan will also take to the platform.
Below, follow the results of the first competition day in real time, LIVE.
The results of the first day of the 2026 European Weightlifting Championships in Batumi (Georgia) will be published after the competition day concludes. Follow updates on this page…
