Aleksanyan makes it to European wrestling championships semifinal![]() March 23, 2013 - 16:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Olympic bronze medalist and European champion Artur Aleksanyan (96 kg) scored 2:0, 2:0 wins against Turkey’s Cenk Ildem to make it to European championships semifinal. Aleksanyan will face off against Azerbaijan’s Shalva Gadabadze in the semifinal. He earlier beat Carl Schon (Switzerland) and Soso Jabidze (Georgia). Partner news Armenia’s U17 football team arrived in Hungary on May 20 to participate in a friendly tournament, due May 21-24. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was reelected to the post of the president of RA Chess Federation for 4 more years. Norway will host Chess World Cup 2013 on August 10 - September 4, 2013, with 4 Armenian players to participate in. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is currently 3rd with 4 points, Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov is 7th with 3 points. Partner news |