Armenian wrestler defeats Azerbaijani athlete at World ChampionshipAugust 30, 2016 - 14:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Young Armenian wrestler Sergey Simonyan (50kg weight class) beat Azeri athlete Ziyad Zeynalov 8:0 at the Junior World Championship in Macon, France. The tournament kicked off Tuesday, August 30 and will run through September 4. Besides, Simonyan, Greco-Roman wreslters Edgar Tamazyan (55kg), Gevorg Khumaryan (60 kg), Malkhas Amoyan (66kg), Arman Baghdasaryan (74 kg), Edgar Khachatryan (120 kg), as well as freestyle wrestlers Arman Antonyan (50 kg), Mkhitar Grigoryan (55 kg), Harutyun Barseghyan (60 kg), Hakob Avetisyan (66 kg), Tigran Mnatsakanyan (74 kg) and Sargis Hovsepyan (96 kg) represent Armenia at the Championship. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |