London Olympics 2012 bronze medalist and 2013 world runner-up Artur Aleksanyan has won a gold medal at the Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships being held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestler Edgar Tamazyan (54 kg) placed second winning a silver medal at the FILA World Wrestling Cadet Championships in Snina, Slovakia.
Two Armenian Greco-Roman wrestlers have won European titles at the continent’s junior championships held in Katowice, Poland. Another Armenian won a bronze medal.
Armenian weightlifter Vanik Avetisyan has won a silver medal at the European championships taking place in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Performing in the 69-kg weight division, Avetisyan lifted 315 kilograms in snatch, clean and jerk combination (140kg+175kg). Thanks to his personal weight the Armenian managed to beat Moldova’s Sergey Cheshir and Russia’s Felix Khalibekov.
Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan defeated his Turkish opponent Cenk Ildem in the final at the 2014 European Wrestling Championships in Vantaa, Finland, to claim the continent’s title for the third time in his career.
The Armenian wrestlers who won medals at the world championships that recently ended in Budapest, Hungary, are generally satisfied with their performances, but look ahead to improve the results.
Andranik Chalyan (74 kg) won a gold medal for Armenia on the first day of 2013 Wrestling European Junior Championships that opened in Skopje, Macedonia, on Tuesday.
Armenia’s Swiss manager Bernard Challandes submitted his resignation on Monday, a day after the national team lost 2-1 in an away Euro-2016 qualifier to Albania.
Football fans in Armenia are blaming Sunday’s 1-2 loss to Albania on poor coaching by Bernard Challandes, whose job may now be in jeopardy as a result of the Euro-2016 Qualifying defeat.
Armenian grandmaster Tigran Nalbandian scored 8 points out of 9 and took the first prize at Helmut-Kohls Memorial that was held by the round robin system in Dortmund, Germany, Armchess.am reports.
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