Two Armenian wrestlers gain silver and bronze medals in<br /> European Championship<br />


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.
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