YEREVAN, July 28. /ARKA/. Armenia's national team won four bronze and one silver medals at the XXIII Deaflympic (previously called World Games for the Deaf) summer games held in Samsun, Turkey, Astghik Martirosyan, a spokeswoman for the ministry of sports and youth affairs, told journalists on Friday.
"Armenia was represented by 10 athletes at the competitions. Judo wrestler Robert Gevorgyan became the vice-champion of the games. Armenian wrestlers won four bronze medals. They are free style wrestler Sargis Sargsyan (57 kg) and Greco-Roman wrestlers Zhora Grigoryan (71 kg), Narek Nikoghosyan (80 kg) and Ararat Sargsyan (75 kg)," Martirosyan said.
According to Martirosyan, the Armenian judo wrestler failed to win a gold medal because of biased refereeing. In his turn Robert Gevorgyan stated that he will continue to train and will represent Armenia at the next Deaflympics games. He expressed hope that he will be able to win a gold medal and raise the flag of Armenia.
"In the final, my opponent was a Turkish judoist, it was a really serious fight, I did everything to win a medal for Armenia, but it was very difficult to fight the Turk," Gevorgyan said. -0–
