  Armenian boxer Hovhannes Bachkov wins bronze at Tokyo Olympics August 6, 2021 - 10:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Boxer Hovhannes Bachkov has won bronze at Tokyo Olympics, raising Armenia's medal count to four. The lightweight boxer lost his final bout to Keyshawn Davis of the United States 5:0 on Friday, August 6․ Bachkov reached the semifinals by defeating Uzbekistan's Elnur Abduraimov 5-0 August 3. Already then he was now guaranteed no worse than a bronze medal. Gymnast Artur Davtyan won Armenia's first medal at the Olympics in Tokyo on August 2. The next day, weightlifter Simon Martirosyan and wrestler Artur Aleksanyan snatched a silver medal each.   Top stories 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. Gymnast Artur Davtyan won Armenia's first medal at the Olympics in Tokyo on Monday, August 2. Karabapet Chalyan (77 kg), also representing Armenia, lost to Akzhol Makhmudov of Kyrgyzstan.   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. says grateful to Armenia for military partnership  The U.S. Embassy in Armenia has expressed gratitude to the Armenian Armed Forces, including for international peacekeeping efforts.Bright Armenia leader denies receiving offer to be President Leader of the Bright Armenia party Edmon Marukyan has said he has not received an offer to become the country's new President.Armenia expecting Azerbaijan's clarification over proposal to de-escalate Armenia is still expecting Azerbaijan's clarification over a proposal to de-escalate the situation in the region.Pashinyan vows to work "tirelessly" to build professional army Armenia will have a professional army, and the government will work tirelessly to achieve that, Nikol Pashinyan has said. |
