Golden start for champion Ozkan

By Brian Oliver FORDE, Norway (Reuters) - Turkey's Sibel Ozkan won the first gold medal on the opening day of the European Weightlifting Championships on Sunday. Ozkan won the women’s lightest category, 48kg, for the second year in succession. The first men’s event, the 56kg, was won by the Italian favourite, Mirco Scarantino, who had been a bronze medallist last year.