Armenian sambo wrestlers won no medals at World Cup

PanARMENIAN.Net - Ashot Danielyan (weight class: 74kg.) and Vache Vardanyan (weight class: 68kg.) were a poor success at the World Cup held in Minsk on Feb. 15-18.



The World Cup was a kind of training for our sambo wrestlers, Armenian Sambo Federation President Levon Hayrapetyan told PanARMENIAN.Net



Minsk World Cup was one of the stages of World Championship held once in 6 years in different parts of the world. To fully deserve the World Cup Champion title, the wrestlers need to participate in all Championship tours.



"In Minsk, Ashot Danielyan fought 3 combats against Belarusian wrestlers. He won two of them, but lost the third, failing to break through to the semifinal," Levon Hayrapetyan said.



He also remarked that Armenian wrestlers lack international practice and proper training because of unsatisfactory financing by the government.



"We had no training either in December or in January. And before the Championship due on May 14-18 in Milan, we'll participate in one international competition: a Tournament after Sambo Founder Arkadi Kharlampiyev due Apr.24-27 in Moscow," Hayrapetyan said.