Sports: Armenia’s Tigran Kirakosyan wins gold at European Sambo Championships

Panorama, Armenia

The 2017 European Sambo Championships have launched today in Minsk, Belarus, with some 300 samboists from 26 countries taking part in the championship.

As the Sambo Federation of Armenia told Panorama.am, in the first day of the competition, Armenian athlete Harutyun Sargsyan (57kg w/c, Combat Sambo) won the bronze. Tigran Kirakosyan from Armenia’s Vanadzor city (52kg w/c, Sport Sambo) showed excellent performance in all the fights and became a European Champion.

In the final round, Tigran defeated Azerbaijani athlete Agasif Samedov 5:0.

The championships will last till May 21.

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