Sports: New Armenian Greco-Roman wrestlers to participate in Cadet European Championship

Mediamax, Armenia

9 athletes will represent Armenian cadet freestyle wrestling team. They will be the first to perform.

Greco-Roman wrestlers will start competition on July 28.

The head coach of the team Gagik Khachatryan told Mediamax Sport that the team would depart for the Championship on July 25.

“We have involved a number of new athletes in the team, mainly born in 2001. They will compete for the first time in such a major tournament. The boys from the last year have already joined the ranks of the youth team,” Khachatryan said.

The participants of the European Championship from Armenia are Garnik Hovhannisyan (42 kg), Robert Karapetyan (48 kg), Hayk Asatryan (50 kg), Samvel Aghajanyan (54 kg), Ashot Kirakosyan (58 kg), Shant Khachatryan (63 kg), Sargis Tadevosyan (69 kg), Vahe Poghosyan (76 kg) and Tigran Hambardzumyan (85 kg).