Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup: Armenian wrestlers lose to Russians after defeating AzerisFebruary 21, 2009 - 16:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Greco-Roman Wrestling team lost to Russia at the World Cup held on Feb. 19-21 in Clermont-Ferrand, France. During the first combat the Armenian team drubbed Hungarians 7:0. In the second tour, Armenian wrestlers fought against the Azeri team, yet losing 3:0 in the team event, managed to reverse course of the combats gaining further 3 victories and taking a 4-3 win. In the third tour, Armenian wrestlers were defeated by the Russian team, losing 2:5. As result, Armenians will fight for the third place with the Cuban team. Russians got through to the final where it will combat with the hosting French team. The award ceremony will be held today, upon completion of final rounds. 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 |