Yeghiazaryan to vie for European wrestling championship bronzeMarch 23, 2013 - 17:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler Vachik Yeghiazaryan (120 kg) will vie for a bronze medal at Tbilisi-hosted European wrestling championships. Though Yeghiazaryan lost to Yevhenii Orlov in ¼ finals, he will struggle for a medal after the Ukrainian wrestler’s gained an entry to the championships final. He earlier beat Russia’s Shokhruddi Ayubov and will face off against Bulgaria’s Lyubomir Dimotrov in the decisive bout. Armenia’s Artur Aleksanyan (96 kg) will clash Bulgaria’s Vladislav Metodiev in struggle for a gold medal. Olympic champion Armen Nazaryan is Bulgarian team coach. 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 border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |