  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 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. Armenian grandmaster Haik Martirosyan defeated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Azerbaijan's top player, to reach Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup․ Superheavyweight lifter Gor Minasyan lifted a total of 464 kg to become the vice champion on April 1.   Partner news |  Latest news Officials offer contradictory information about strategic height in Syunik  Kapan mayor Gevorg Parsyan said on October 18 that a strategic height near the town has gone under Azerbaijan’s control.Armenia buys 200,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses Armenia has purchased 200,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine against the coronavirus, health authorities say.UN chief: Vaccine inequality brings new Covid variants Guterres said new variants continue to emerge as a result of inequitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines globally.Putin hails Armenia and Russia's "truly allied" relations Russian President Vladimir Putin has said relations between Russia and Armenia "are of a truly allied nature". |
