Armenian Greco-Roman wrestlers finish 3rd, freestyle wrestling team comes 11th at Dortmund 2011The national teams will soon start trainings to get prepared for various international tournaments, the main target being the World Championships scheduled for September 12-18 in Istanbul. Sports lovers were attentively following the development at the European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, which brought together 686 wrestlers from 43 countries. Armenia was represented in all of 7 weight categories. April 9, 2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Musa Murtazaliyev was the only among freestyle wrestlers to win medal. Having defeated his rivals from Spain, Bulgaria and Georgia, Murtazaliyev was beaten by Denis Tsargush of Russia. Ashot Terteryan (60kg) and Edgar Yenokyan (96kg) failed to win medals. Mihran Jaburyan (55kg) dropped out of the 1/4 finals, Zhirayr Hovhannisyan, (66kg) and Ruslan Basiyev (120kg) lost their 1/8 fights. Greco-Roman wrestlers proved to be more successful, having won 3 medals in 4 weight categories. Roman Amoyan, silver medalist of the World and European Championship won the tournament in under 55 kg category, having scored victories over all of his rivals, including Azerbaijani sportsman Vugar Akimov, representing Ukraine. Arthur Shahinyan and Yuri Patrikeev won bronze in 84 and 120 kg weigh classes respectively. Arthur Alexanyan (96kg), world and European junor champ, grabbed silver. Alexanyan won all of his fights to be defeated by Timofey Dzeinichenk of Belarus in the final. Arsen Julfalakyan (under 74kg) was beaten by Russia's Roman Vlasov in a fight for the third place. Vahan Juaharyan (60kg) lost his 1/16 final fight and dropped out of the competition. Thus, Armenia has 4 medals: Roman Amoyan (55kg) - gold, Arhur Alexanyan (96kg) - silver, Arthur Shahinyan (84kg) and Yuri Patrikeev (120kg) - bronze. After a short pause, the national teams will start trainings to get prepared for various international tournaments, the main target being the World Championships scheduled for September 12-18 in Istanbul, Turkey, where the sportsmen will qualify for 2012 Olympic Games. Hasmik Babayan, Gohar Nalbandyan / PanARMENIAN News Most popular in the section Olympic medals and courageous victories Story worth reading When weakness is not a verdict Glorious path of Armenian football star More articles in this section Armenian champions, worn out equipment, old gym Hard training path The way to championship Armenian athletes tell about struggle for medals Armenian wrestlers share impressions on European Championship Armenia's Greco-Roman wrestling team headed by Olympic champion Levon Julfalakyan came back home with one gold and two bronze winners. | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |