-89kg European Championships ’22 | The Battle Of The Year

A rivalry that stems from their first meeting came once again to a head at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships between the now 89kg Antonino Pizzolato of Italy and Karlos Nasar of Bulgaria. Since beating the 17 year old Karlos Nasar at the prior European Weightlifting Championships in 2021, Antonino ’Nino’ Pizzolato went on to medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo several months later. Having missed the Olympics Karlos Nasar kept on training, becoming world champion and setting a new clean and jerk world record of 208kg at the 2021 World Championships, a competition to which Nino did not attend. Months later, now both heavier in the 89kg category, the battle once more came to a head. World records were set, hearts were broken, and the strongest 89kg weightlifter in Europe was crowned! Join | Shop W|H