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    Armenian wrestling champion Armen Nazaryan declares hunger-strike

    TERT.AM
    12:19 - 03.03.13


    Double Olympic wrestling champion Armen Nazaryan has decided to go on
    a hunger strike to protest against the sport's possible exclusion from
    the Games, IBN Live reported.

    "I'm protesting against the recommendation to drop wrestling from the
    Olympics. Wrestling has always been part of the Olympic programme and
    it's not right to exclude it from the Games. I'm starting my
    hunger-strike and from now on I will drink only syrup," Nazaryan, 38,
    was quoted as saying by the Russian wrestling federation on its
    website.

    Nazaryan had won gold in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta
    Games, competing for his native country. He then switched his
    allegiance to Bulgaria, winning his second Olympic title four years
    later in Sydney. Nazaryan also won three world titles for Bulgaria
    from 2002 to 2005. Last month, the International Olympic Committee
    (IOC) made a surprise recommendation to drop the ancient sport from
    the 2020 Summer Games.


    From: Baghdasarian
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