Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup: Armenian wrestlers win bronze

February 23, 2009 - 16:43 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Greco-Roman Wrestling team gained a 5:2 victory over Cubans in their combat for the third place at the World Cup held on Feb. 19-21 in Clermont-Ferrand, France.



The following wrestlers contributed to the victory of the Armenian team: Shavich Gevorgyan (weight class: 55 kg), Artak Harutyunyan (weight class: 60 кг), Khosrov Melikyan (weight class: 66 kg), Arsen Julfakyan (weight class: 74 kg), Arman Geghamyan (weight class: 96 kg). Arthur Shaghinyan (weight class: 84 kg) and Yuri Patrikeyev (weight class: 120 kg) were defeated.



8 wrestlers, two of them in 66 kg weight category (Khosrov Melikyan and Sasun Ghambaryan) represented Armenia under supervision of chief coach Levon Julfakyan.



Armenian wrestlers drubbed Hungarians 7:0 and gained a 4:3 victory over Azeris, having been defeated by Russians who won the championship taking a 5:2 win over the French team.
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