Armenian boxer Tsolak Ananikyan in stubborn struggle gives way to Slovakia representativeSeptember 4, 2009 - 16:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The third day of the World Boxing Championship taking place in Milan, was not very successful for the Armenian team: out of three Armenian boxers, two representatives of the Armenian national team were defeated. First, Samvel Matevosyan (69 kg) lost to Albanian boxer Jetmir Kuci with the 4:10 score. The silver medalist of the European Championship-2008 Tsolak Ananikyan (91 kg) in a bitter struggle gave way to the Slovakian boxer Sandro Dirnfeld with the 10:11 score. Azat Hovhannisyan (57 kg) won a victory over the representative of Venezuela, Hector Mansania. The battle ended with the score 24:7. Thus Azat Hovhannisyan became the 6th representative of the Armenian team, reached 1/16 finals. Prior to him, Derenik Gizhlaryan (w/c 51 kg), Edward Hambardzumyan (64 kg), Garnik Harutyunyan (54 kg), Andranik Hakobyan (75 kg) and Hrachik Javakhyan (60 kg) received the right to take part in 1/16 finals. Today in 1/16 finals Hrachik Javakhyan meet with Brazilian Everton Lopez, Hambardzsumyan fight with the representative of Turkey Onur Sipal and Gizhlaryan meet with his compatriot from Russia Misha Aloyan. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |