Olympic, three-time world and four-time European champion Arthur Aleksanyan took to Instagram to thank all his supporters for the congratulations after the victory at the International Turlykhanov Cup tournament.
“I am grateful for congratulations and for supporting me. This was a very important victory. We are now moving forward to European games,” Aleksanyan wrote.
To remind, the Armenian wrestler won his first champion title on Sunday after recovering from an injury has. In the 97 kg weight class competition of the Bolat Turlykhanov Cup held in Almaty, Khazakhstan the Armenian wrestler after winning four fights reached the final where defeated 3:1 Russian Aleksandr Golovin.
To note, Aleksanyan had been missing from the mat since the 2018World Championship held in Budapest, Bulgaria.