News.am, Armenia
April 16 2021
The coaches of the Armenia Greco-Roman wrestling team have introduced the members who will be competing at the Olympic qualification championship to be held in Sofia from May 6 to 9.
The Armenia team will leave for Sofia with four wrestlers, including Armen Melikyan (60 kg), Karen Aslanyan (67 kg), Artur Shahinyan (87 kg) and Davit Ovasapyan (130 kg).
Only the wrestlers who make it to the final will score a pass to Tokyo 2020.
In March, Shahinyan and Ovasapyan also participated in the European Olympic wrestling qualification championship in Budapest where they failed to score a pass.
Members of the Armenia Greco-Roman style wrestling team Karapet Chalyan (77 kg) and Artur Aleksanyan (97 kg) have passes to Tokyo 2020.