The Albanian Weightlifting Federation announced that Albania has a new European vice-champion, Kristi Ramadani. Kristi Ramadani gave Albania two silver medals at the European Weightlifting held in Bulgaria a few weeks ago. 

AWF through social media informs that March 8, 2024, the long-awaited response to the doping test from ITA (International Testing Agency) has finally arrived, where Kristi Ramadani underwent blood and urine testing at the European Weightlifting Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria, held on February 16, 2024.

“This announcement is important, as there have been many insinuations, rumors, and denigrations towards this promising young athlete.

In this context, we appeal to everyone to be careful, even any athlete who has hinted at Kristi Ramadani.

To become a European vice-champion, it takes a lot of work, discipline, perseverance, expenses, and mudslinging against these athletes is intolerable.

We wish Kristi Ramadani a lot of success and we are confident that he will be a major contender in the World Championship to be held in November 2024 in Bahrain,” concludes the AWF announcement.

Although he competed in Weight Category B, Ramadani’s performance in Sofia was quite good, earning Albania two silver medals, his first in a European Championship for adults.

Ramadani ranked second in the clean and jerk, with 190 kg, just 1 kg less than the gold medalist. While in total he lifted 341 kg and collected his second silver medal, thus concluding a fantastic European championship.

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