  Armenia to protest IOC decision to drop wrestling from Olympics February 13, 2013 - 18:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - FILA Bureau will hold a special meeting on Feb 14 in Phuket, Thailand. In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the vice-president of Armenian wrestling federation Hrant Yenokyan said they won’t attend the meeting due to not being a bureau member. “We will join other federations to protest the decision. Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup kicks off Feb 19, with FILA president Raphaël Martinetti to attend,” Mr Yenokyan said. Wrestling has been dropped from the Olympic Games from 2020 by the International Olympic Committee to make way for a new sport. A decision on which sport will be added in 2020 will be made when the IOC meet in Buenos Aires in September.   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 |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaArmenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
