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Sports: Armenian wrestler shares impressions after winning World C’ships bronze

Panorama, Armenia
Sept 16 2019
Sport 15:17 16/09/2019 Armenia

Armenian athlete Slavik Galstyan (63 kg), who conquered a bronze medal at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships underway in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, spoke about his victory and bouts in an interview to the Armenian National Olympic Committee’s press service.

“Thanks a lot to everybody and especially to my coaches and friends. I’ll try to win higher medals in the future,” he said.

The first bout with Azerbaijani wrestler Elmar Mukhtarov was the toughest for the Armenian athlete. 

“The first bout is always the toughest but the second bout wasn’t easy either, there were a few seconds left and I was losing but I managed to bring back my points and win,” he noted.

In the semifinal bout with Russia’s Stepan Maryanyan the Armenian wrestler made some mistakes and besides the judges’ sympathy was on his rivals side.

“I made mistakes too, I can’t deny it but the judges helped him too,” Slavik Galstyan concluded.

In the fight for a bronze medal Slavik Galstyan defeated Iran’s Meysam Dalkhani 7-5. 

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS