YEREVAN. - World and European Champion in Weightlifting Yuri Sargsyan celebrated his 50th birthday at Continental restaurant in Yerevan on Sunday, Hraparak newspaper reports. During the party, Sargsyan lifted a bar before the guests. Even the birthday cake was in the form of a bar. World Champion is Weightlifting Yuri Vardanyan also attended the party.

Sargsyan, who has been living in Australia since 1994, often visits Armenia and intends to return to homeland. Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan and Prosecutor General sent him congratulatory messages and a certificate of honor.

In his turn, Yuri Sargsyan conveyed the Armenian president a coin with his profile, made in Australia.