Sports: Tigran Kirakosyan wins gold at the European Sambo Championship

Panorama, Armenia

Sport 12:19 18/05/2019 Armenia

Armenian athlete Tigran Kirakosyan was named champion at the European Sambo championship
in Spanish Gijon on May 17, the Armenian National Olympic Committee reported.

In the final the Armenian athlete competing in the 52kg weight category won Evgeni Yeromin of Russian by 2:1. Earlier, Rafik Manukyan competing in the 68kg weight category and Poghos Badalyan competing in the 52kg weight category won bronze medals.

To note, the Armenian team headed by president of the Sambo Federation of Armenia Mikael Hayrapetyan is represented by 19 athletes at the tournament.

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