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Armenian weightlifter, multiple champion Aghasi Aghasyan has been killed as a result of a car accident, sports journalist Gevorg Loretsyan wrote on his Facebook.

Armenia's multiple champion Aghasi Aghasyan has begun training with coach Yervand Kirakosyan.

His first international competition was held in 2005, and he was ranked sixth in the European U17 Championship. He won the third place at the European Youth Championships in 2008, became the double champion of the European U23 Championship in 2009, and in 2010 he won the second place at the U23 European Championship.

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