Sports: Armenian athletes make it to UWW strongest wrestlers’ rankings

Emil Lazarian 2020
PanArmenian, Armenia
Jan 21 2020
– 14:34 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The United World Wrestling (UWW) has recently updated their world rankings, and Armenian wrestler, Olympic champion Artur Aleksanyan is the second in men's 97 kg category of Greco-Roman wrestling.

Aleksanyan was the top performer in his category in 2018.

Maksim Manukyan, another Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler and a top performer, has now slipped to the 11th spot.

Also included in the list of best Greco-Roman wrestlers are Slavik Galstyan (63kg, 4th spot), Malkhas Amoyan (72kg, 7th spot) and Karapet Chalyan (77kg, 5th spot).

In freestyle wrestling, Grigor Grigoryan (79 kg) is on the 7th spot.

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