ARMENIAN WRESTLING YOUTH TEAM STARTS AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
21.07.2009 15:31 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Greco-Roman wrestling junior team of Armenia will
take part in the European Championship among cadets from July 21 to
27 in Serbia, Gagik Khachatryan, head coach of the junior team for
Greco-Roman wrestling told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

"We are diligently preparing for this championship and will compete
for prizes. At the European Championship we will compete in the eight
weight classes instead of 10, since the fighters serving in the /
76 to 85 kg and are in bad shape," Khachatryan said.

Thus, the national team for Greco-Roman wrestling will be presented by
Ashot Khachatryan (weight class of 46 kg), Albert Vardanyan (weight
class of 48 kg), Ludwig Kocharyan (weight class of 50 kg), Sargis
Kocharyan (weight class of 54 kg) , Hayk Arshakyan (weight class
of 58 kg), Artur Petrosyan (weight class of 63 kg) Hayk Navasardaan
(weight class of 69 kg) and Vahe Simonyan (weight class of 85 kg).

In the tournament in wrestling under the leadership of coach Edward
Tunyants Armenia is represented by Artak Hovhannisyan (weight class of
42 kg), Ruben Karamyan (weight class of 46 kg), Vladimir Frangulyan
(weight class of 50 kg), Petros Tadevosyan (weight class of 54 kg ),
Walter Margaryan (weight class of 58 kg), Emin Gevorkyan (weight
class of 63 kg), David Apoyan (weight class of 69 kg), Edik Mkoyan
(weight class of 76 kg) and Vahe Tamrazyan (weight class of 85 kg )