Two Armenian wrestlers gain silver and bronze medals in
European Championship
01-04-2009 17:20:00 | | Sport
VILNIUS, APRIL 1, NOYAN TAPAN. In the final fight for gold
medal in the European Freestyle Wrestling Championship held in
Vilnius representative of Armenian national team, super
heavyweight Ruslan Basiyev (Yerevan) was defeated by Ali Isah
(Azerbaijan), took the second place and gained a silver medal.
Another representative of Armenia Zhirayr Hovhannisian (66 kg,
Vanadzor) in the competition for the third place defeated Roman
Dermenja (Moldova) and won a bronze medal. And Mihran Chabarian
(Yerevan) performing in the 55 kg weight category was defeated
by Radoslav Velikov (Bulgaria) in the competition for the third
place and won no medal.
Artur Arakel (60 kg, Yerevan), Suren Markosian (70 kg,
Garni), and Edgar Yenokian (96 kg, Yerevan) will perform on
April 1.
Representatives of 39 countries take part in the
championship.