Armenian athlete becomes 2-time world Greco-Roman wrestling champSeptember 8, 2015 - 10:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan defeated Iranian Ghasem Rezaei in the last tour of the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas to become a two-time world champion. The 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships are the 12th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events, held from September 7 to 12 in Las Vegas, United States. Besides Alexanyan, other Armenian Greco-Roman athletes, including super heavyweight Edgar Khachatryan, Roman Amoyan (59 kg), Mihran Harutyunyan (66kg), Varsham Boranyan (71 kg), Arsen Julfalakyan (75kg), Eduard Sargsyan (80 kg), Maksim Manukyan (85 kg) participate in the championship. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |