Sports: Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane: Armenia’s Aleksanyan beats Azerbaijan opponent in final

News.am, Armenia
Jan 20 2020

By Lusine Shahbazyan

Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic champion, three-time World, four-time European, and European Games champion Arthur Aleksanyan won a gold medal at the United World Wrestling Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane in Nice, France.

In the final of his weight category, Armenia's Aleksanyan beat Azerbaijan's Orkhan Nuriyev 3-1.

This is Artur's first competition since returning from injury.

And Armenia's Karapet Chalyan won a silver medal in the final of the 77kg competition.