Young Armenian wrestlers snatch two medals at World ChampionshipsAugust 19, 2021 - 14:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's youth freestyle wrestling team has secured two medals at the World Junior Championships, currently underway in Ufa, Russia, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport reports. Lyova Gevorgyan (1235 kg weight category) lost his final bout against Iran's wrestler to snatch silver on Wednesday, August 17, having earlier defeated the Azerbaijani representative with a score of 10:0. Manvel Khndzrtsyan, also representing Armenia and fighting in the 57 kg category, won bronze. Levik Mikayelyan (61 kg), David Margaryan (65 kg), Narek Harutyunyan (70 kg), Armen Musikyan (74 kg) and Sergey Sargsyan (92 kg) too were part of the freestyle team. Beginning from Friday, the Greco-Roman team, which is comprised of 10 wrestlers – Garnik Hovhannisyan (55 kg), Suren Aghajanyan (60 kg), Gevorg Sukiasyan (63 kg), Sahak Hovhannisyan (67 kg), Shant Khachatryan (72 kg), Samvel Grigoryan (77 kg), Karen Khachatryan (82 kg), Vigen Nazaryan (87 kg), Hayk Khloyan (97 kg) and Razmik Kurdyan (130 kg) – will join the fight for medals at the World Championships. 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |