Sports: Armenia’s Malkhas Amoyan named World Wrestling Champion

PanArmenian, Armenia

Oct 9 2021

October 9, 2021 – 12:39 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Malkhas Amoyan clinched gold in the 72 kilogram division on the first day of Greco-Roman finals at the United World Wrestling (UWW) World Championships in Oslo.

Amoyan earned the under-72kg title as he won 3-1 in the gold medal bout against Sergei Kutuzov of Russia, the Armenian National Olympic Committee reports.

Lithuania's Kristupas Šleiva notched a 10-1 victory by superiority over Iran's Mohammad Reza Hojatollah Mokhtari to take bronze, with Poland's Gevorg Sahakyan – who is of Armenian descent – defeating Cengiz Arslan to finish joint third.

Saturday, October 9 features three Greco-Roman finals in the under-60kg, under-97kg and over-130kg, with two Armenian athletes left to fight for medals.

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