This year Volodya Frangulyan, Grigor Grigoryan and Levan Berianidze became bronze medalists of the European Championship. Berianidze and Georgi Ketoev also took the bronze in the World Championship.

“We didn’t manage to win so many medals in previous year. Our young and junior athletes also returned from European and World championships with medals, the only thing we didn’t get was gold,” said Kurghinyan, who had been appointed head coach in January.

Yesterday the Gnel Mejlumyan Memorial took place. The winners have secured a place in the national team.

On January 17, freestyle wrestlers will begin preparing for the European Championship in Russia. They will compete in several tournaments before that.

“We will mostly send to the championship the winners of Mejlumyan Memorial. In case of injuries or other problems, the runner-up athletes will substitute for them,” added Kurghinyan.