The opening event was the women’s 49kg category for U20 athletes, in which Belarus was represented by Varvara Baradzinava. She lifted a total of 155kg across the two disciplines (69kg in the snatch and 86kg in the clean and jerk), finishing 5th among ten competitors. Varvara Baradzinava was 4kg short of the podium. Athletes from Türkiye took the top two places.

A total of 20 Belarusian weightlifters have entered the championships, with ten athletes in each age group. In the U20 category, Belarus will be represented by Yauheniya Ilyina (-57kg), Volha Halynskaya (-61kg), Maryia Ivanova and Darya Kharlanchuk (both −77kg), Katsiaryna Liashchuk (over 86kg), Daniil Blotski (-65kg), Aleh Kopa and Uladzislau Andrukhovich (both −85kg), and Artsiom Rahazhynski (+110kg).

The following athletes will compete for medals in the U23 category: Yana Savenak (-57kg), Ina Melyanets (-61kg), Katsiaryna Tsimashenka (-77kg), Alena Bondzikava (+86kg), Raman Yakushau, and Artur Yakushau (both −75kg), Andrei Balbyshau (-85kg), Ihnatsi Pauliukavets (-95kg), Uladzislau Sakovich (-110kg), and Robert Kurouski (+110kg).

The 2026 European Junior and U23 Championships have brought together nearly 400 weightlifters from 38 countries in Albania. The tournament runs through 19 October.