Sports: Armenian wrestlers snatch 6 medals at Kiev Memorial tournament

Emil Lazarian 2018
PanArmenian, Armenia
Feb 26 2018
– 12:40 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian Greco-Roman wrestlers have secured four bronze medals at the XXI Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial tournament in Kiev after Olympic Champion Artur Aleksanyan (98 kg weight category) snatched gold and Slavik Galstyan (68 kg) won bronze earlier.

On Sunday, February 25, Karapet Chalyan (77 kg), Armen Melikyan (60 kg), Maxim Manukyan (87 kg) and Artur Shahinyan (87 kg) took a bronze medal each.

Freestyle wrestlers fought earlier but were unable to win medal.

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