Armenia’s Mihran Arutyunyan wins silver at Rio Olympics

Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler Mihran Arutyunyan lost to Davor Stefanek of Serbia in men’s Greco-Roman 66 kg final and claimed a silver medal at Rio Olympics.

Arutyunyan had earlier beaten Rasul Chunayev of Azerbaijan in the semifinal.

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