AMOYAN WILL BE THE FIRST TO DEMONSTRATE HIS ABILITIES
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[12:54 pm] 14 September, 2007
The Armenian national wrestling team will leave for Azerbaijan’s
capital Baku on September 15 to participate at the World Wrestling
Championship.
The team is headed by the chief coach Levon Julfalakyan and is
comprised of the following wrestlers – Roman Amoyan (55 kg, Champion
of Europe in 2006), Khosrov Melikyan (60kg), Arman Adikyan (66 kg),
Arsen Julfalakyan (74 kg), Dernis Forov (84 kg), Arman Geghamyan
(96 kg) and Yury Patrikeev (120 kg).
Greco-Roman style wrestling will be followed by heavyweight and
free-style wrestling. The athletes taking the first eight places will
participate at the Olympic Games due in Beijing in 2008.