Novinite, Bulgaria
Aug 26 2004
Bulgarian Ace Captures Bronze on Mats
Bulgaria’s greco-roman wrestler Armen Nazarian (R) grabbed the
Athens 2004 Bronze medal on the mats defeating his Russian rival in
the 60kg category Alexey Shevtsov. Photo by BNT.
Sports: 26 August 2004, Thursday.
Wrestler Armen Nazarian enlarged Bulgaria’s collection of Olympic
medals winning another bronze in the 60kg category.
Double Olympic, double World and six-times European Champion Nazarian
defeated Russian Alexey Shevtsov 4:3 to step on the honorary podium
of Athens 2004 medallists on Thursday.
“I am extremely disappointed and upset that I could not win a third
Olympic gold and make Bulgarians happy again. I was very well
prepared and I fought to the very end. The Korean hit me with his
head during the semifinal and now I have a bump above my right eye.
However, the judges pretended they did not see and did not sanctioned
him”, Nazarian said.
Earlier the same day he failed to qualify directly for the finals
after suffering defeat from South Korea’s Jung Ji Hyun who beat
Nazarian 3-1.
The South Korean won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman wrestling 60kg
category with a 3-0 overtime victory over Cuban Roberto Monzon
Gonzalez.