Armenian Greco-Roman wrestlers top UWW rankingsJanuary 9, 2018 - 12:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - United World Wrestling (UWW) recently updated their men’s Greco-Roman wrestling rankings, withArmenian wrestlers currently topping two of the weight categories. Olympic Champion and bronze medalist, three-time World Champion and a three-time European Champion Artur Aleksanyan, in particular, tops the 98 kg weight class of Greco-Roman wrestling. Maksim Manukyan, meanwhile, is the strongest in the the 80 kg weight category. Also, included in the list of best Greco-Roman wrestlers are Karen Aslamnyan (66kg, 5th spot), Karapet Chalyan (75kg, 10th spot), Artur Shahinyan (85kg, 13th spot). In freestyle wrestling, Georgy Ketoev (97kg) and Levan Berianidze (125kg) are on the 4th and 3rd spots, respectively. 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 | 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 Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |