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Armenian wrestlers win more medals on final day of Kiev tournament


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The XXII Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial has ended in Kiev. Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestlers have won 4 bronze medals on the final day of the tournament.

Armen Melikyan (60kg) beat Ukrainian Denis Chubanov and Karapet Chalyan (77kg) defeated Azerbaijan’s Hasan Aliyev, while Artur Shahinyan and Maksim Manukyan (87kg) also won their fights for the third place, competing with Alexander Shishman (Ukraine) and Semyon Novikov (Ukraine) respectively. 

Earlier, Artur Aleksanyan (97kg) won gold and Slavik Galstyan (63kg) brought bronze to Levon Julfalakyan’s team.

Unfortunately, Armenia’s freestyle wrestlers will return from the Kiev tournament without medals.

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