  Artur Aleksanyan reaches European championships quarterfinals March 23, 2013 - 15:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Olympic bronze medalist and European champion Artur Aleksanyan (96 kg) beat Georgia’s Soso Jabidze 5:0, 1:1 and 6:0 to make it to Tbilisi-hosted European championships quarterfinals. In ¼ finals the Armenian wrestler will clash the winner of Nikita Melnikov and Cenk Ildem. Aleksanyan earlier beat Carl Schon (Switzerland). Harutyun Hovhannisyan (55 kg) will also represent Armenia today, March 23, with Aleksan Mikayelyan and Vachik Yeghiazaryan (120 kg) having dropped out of the championships. Partner news  Top stories Berlin will stage the Champions League final for the first time in 2015 and Warsaw will be the venue for the Europa League final. “Our win can’t be called an easy one, we never have easy games” FC Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder said. As an amateur, 31-year-old Hovhannisyan gained extensive international experience and was a four-time Armenian National Champion. Shakhtar Donetsk FC midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan said he is not planning yet to leave the Ukrainian club.   Partner news |  Latest news Iran denies it has forces supporting Assad in Syria  "The true enemies of Syria make up these accusations to provoke the people of this country," Abbas Araqchi said.Deputy PM says Russian shipbuilding program at risk “We are planning to sink, and have already sunk big money into shipbuilding but I can’t see any payoff yet,” Rogozin said.ANC of New York screens “Orphans of the Genocide” “The ANC of New York is pleased to work with Mr. Maronian to spread awareness of this significant film,” Markarian said.Obama defends drone strikes as counterterrorism measure The U.S. president's remarks came as he sought to move America beyond the war effort of the past dozen years. |
