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RUSSIA, ARMENIA, UKRAINE TAKE GOLD AT EUROPEAN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Xinhua General News Service, China
March 19, 2013 Tuesday 1:15 AM EST
Russia, Armenia and Ukraine on Tuesday struck gold on the first day
of the 2013 European Wrestling Championships which drew some 500
wrestlers from across the continent.
Valeriya Chepsarakova won the first gold at stake for Russia at the
six-day championships by defeating Yana Stadnik of Britain in the
women's 48-kilogram category.
In the ensuing men's freestyle wrestling, Devid Safaryan of Armenia
beat Yakup Gur of Turkey to win the 66-kilogram category while Pavlo
Oliiniyk of Ukraine defeated Kamil Stanislaw Skaskiewicz of Poland
to win the 96-kilogram category.
In all, 14 gold medals are on offer for men and seven gold medals
are on offer for women competitors.
It was the first time for Georgia to host the European Wrestling
Championships and it was also the biggest ever sporting event held
in the South Caucasus country since its independence.
Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is the patron of this
year's European championships which feature men's freestyle and
Greco-Roman style and women's wrestling.
Georgia, a traditional nation of wrestling, collected one gold, three
silver and two bronze medals from last year's European championships.
Russia finished atop all participating countries at last year's
championships with five gold, two silver and eight bronze medals,
followed by Ukraine with a medal tally of four gold, as many silver
and three bronze.
Azerbaijan and Armenia, also former Soviet republics, also won gold
medals at the 2012 European championships.
Xinhua General News Service, China
March 19, 2013 Tuesday 1:15 AM EST
Russia, Armenia and Ukraine on Tuesday struck gold on the first day
of the 2013 European Wrestling Championships which drew some 500
wrestlers from across the continent.
Valeriya Chepsarakova won the first gold at stake for Russia at the
six-day championships by defeating Yana Stadnik of Britain in the
women's 48-kilogram category.
In the ensuing men's freestyle wrestling, Devid Safaryan of Armenia
beat Yakup Gur of Turkey to win the 66-kilogram category while Pavlo
Oliiniyk of Ukraine defeated Kamil Stanislaw Skaskiewicz of Poland
to win the 96-kilogram category.
In all, 14 gold medals are on offer for men and seven gold medals
are on offer for women competitors.
It was the first time for Georgia to host the European Wrestling
Championships and it was also the biggest ever sporting event held
in the South Caucasus country since its independence.
Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is the patron of this
year's European championships which feature men's freestyle and
Greco-Roman style and women's wrestling.
Georgia, a traditional nation of wrestling, collected one gold, three
silver and two bronze medals from last year's European championships.
Russia finished atop all participating countries at last year's
championships with five gold, two silver and eight bronze medals,
followed by Ukraine with a medal tally of four gold, as many silver
and three bronze.
Azerbaijan and Armenia, also former Soviet republics, also won gold
medals at the 2012 European championships.