Sports: Three young Armenian wrestlers to begin competing at World Championships today

Pan Armenian, Armenia
Nov 22 2017
Sport 14:30 22/11/2017 Armenia

Young Armenian wrestlers are taking part in the U23 World Championships hosted by Poland from 21 to 26 November.

According to the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, five Greco-Roman wrestlers represent Armenia in the championship – Taron Dumoyan (59 kg), Karen Aslanyan (66 kg), Armen Hakobyan (71 kg), Sargis Kocharyan (80 kg) and Gegham Torgomyan (85 kg).

Armen Hakobyan and Gegham Torgomyan have already finished their performances, while   Taron Dumoyan, Karen Aslanyan and Sargis Kocharyan are set to begin competing today.

The Armenian U23 Greco-Roman wrestling team is led by coach Edward Sahakyan.

Armenian freestyle wrestlers Gevorg Tadevosyan (57 kg), Ghazar Hambardzumyan (61 kg), Khachatur Papikyan and Hrayr Alikhanyan (74 kg) will begin competing tomorrow. The team is led by head coach Habetnak Kurghinyan.