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Herald Sun, Australia
March 3 2013
Wrestling coach Armen Nazaryan starts hunger strike after IOC snub
BULGARIA'S top wrestling coach Armen Nazaryan has started a hunger
strike to protest the decision to drop the sport from the next
Olympics.
The country's wrestling federation said Nazaryan "will not eat until
the start of the European Championship on March 22 in Tbilisi, Georgia
... and will only take juices."
The 39-year-old Nazaryan won Olympic gold for his native Armenia in
1996, and for Bulgaria in 2000. He is now head coach of Bulgaria's
Greco-Roman wrestling team.
Last month, the chief of Bulgaria's wrestling federation and
seven-time world champion, Valentin Yordanov, returned his gold medal
from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Bulgarians have won 16 Olympic titles, making wrestling the most
successful Olympic sport in the Balkan country.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/more-sport/wrestling-coach-armen-nazaryan-begins-hunger-strike-after-ioc-snub/story-e6frfglf-1226589585052
From: A. Papazian
March 3 2013
Wrestling coach Armen Nazaryan starts hunger strike after IOC snub
BULGARIA'S top wrestling coach Armen Nazaryan has started a hunger
strike to protest the decision to drop the sport from the next
Olympics.
The country's wrestling federation said Nazaryan "will not eat until
the start of the European Championship on March 22 in Tbilisi, Georgia
... and will only take juices."
The 39-year-old Nazaryan won Olympic gold for his native Armenia in
1996, and for Bulgaria in 2000. He is now head coach of Bulgaria's
Greco-Roman wrestling team.
Last month, the chief of Bulgaria's wrestling federation and
seven-time world champion, Valentin Yordanov, returned his gold medal
from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Bulgarians have won 16 Olympic titles, making wrestling the most
successful Olympic sport in the Balkan country.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/more-sport/wrestling-coach-armen-nazaryan-begins-hunger-strike-after-ioc-snub/story-e6frfglf-1226589585052
From: A. Papazian