YOUNG WRESTLERS OF ARMENIA GET 6 PRIZES AT SOFIA INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

Noyan Tapan
Mar 13 2007

SOFIA, MARCH 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The youth international tournaments
of Greco-Roman and free style wrestling held in turn finished in the
capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, on March 12. More than 220 sportsmen from
more than 16 countries placed orders. Among the sportsmen representing
Armenia in Greco-Roman style of wrestling, Babken Karapetian
(50 kg, Etchmiadzin) nd Artur Shahinian (84 kg, village of Apaga,
Etchmiadzin) won the 1st place, Norayr Khachatrian (55 kg, Yerevan)
got the 3rd place. In the free style wrestling Garnik Mnatsakanian
(55 kg) was the 2nd and Samvel Aghayan (66 kg) and Gevorg Avsharian
(74 kg) were the 3rd. All the three wrestlers are from Yerevan.