Armenian fighters take whopping 8 medals at World ChampionshipsOctober 17, 2017 - 11:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian sambo fighters have won whopping eight medals at the Junior World Championshipsat Serbia's SPENS Arena. Armen Nikoghosyan (56 kg) and Boris Shatveryan (75 kg) took a silver medal each, while Narek Hambardzumyan (87kg) won bronze. Also, Feliks Danielyan (48kg), Vahagn Chalyan (82kg) and Artur Manukyan (52kg) won a bronze medal each, while Grigor Sahakyan (90kg) snatched the gold. From the girls' team, Anna Mkrtchyan (+80kg) took silver, Armenia's Sambo Federation said. 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 | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |