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Xinhua General News Service, China
March 23, 2013 Saturday 9:25 PM EST
Armenia touches gold, Russia leads medal table at wrestling Europeans
TBILISI March 23
Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria and Turkey on Saturday each won a gold
medal from the Greco-Roman competition at the 2013 European Wrestling
Championships.
Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia won the 96-kilogram Greco-Roman style gold
medal by beating Vladislav Emilov Metodiev of Bulgaria.
Elbek Tazhyiev of Belarus defeated Elchin Aliyev from Azerbailan to
win the 55-kilogram Greco-Roman style finals.
Ivo Serafimov Angelov from Bulgaria put a brake to the Russians on
their gold winning track in Tbilisi by defeating Ivan Kuylakov in the
60-kilogram Greco-Roman style gold medal bout.
In the 120-kilogram Greco-Roman style finals, Turkey's Riza Kayaalp
got the better of Ukraine's Yevhenii Orlov for the gold medal.
Though the Russians got just one silver and one bronze on Saturday,
they still lead the overall medal tally with four gold, two silver and
six bronze.
Ukraine ranks second with two gold, two silver and seven bronze,
followed by Turkey, Belarus, Armenia and hosts Georgia each with two
gold medals.
Turkey surged to overall third position with one gold and two bronze
from Saturday
Some 500 men and women wrestlers from 47 European countries and
regions are competing in the ongoing European Championships which have
21 gold medals at stake. Competition concludes on Sunday.
From: Baghdasarian
March 23, 2013 Saturday 9:25 PM EST
Armenia touches gold, Russia leads medal table at wrestling Europeans
TBILISI March 23
Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria and Turkey on Saturday each won a gold
medal from the Greco-Roman competition at the 2013 European Wrestling
Championships.
Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia won the 96-kilogram Greco-Roman style gold
medal by beating Vladislav Emilov Metodiev of Bulgaria.
Elbek Tazhyiev of Belarus defeated Elchin Aliyev from Azerbailan to
win the 55-kilogram Greco-Roman style finals.
Ivo Serafimov Angelov from Bulgaria put a brake to the Russians on
their gold winning track in Tbilisi by defeating Ivan Kuylakov in the
60-kilogram Greco-Roman style gold medal bout.
In the 120-kilogram Greco-Roman style finals, Turkey's Riza Kayaalp
got the better of Ukraine's Yevhenii Orlov for the gold medal.
Though the Russians got just one silver and one bronze on Saturday,
they still lead the overall medal tally with four gold, two silver and
six bronze.
Ukraine ranks second with two gold, two silver and seven bronze,
followed by Turkey, Belarus, Armenia and hosts Georgia each with two
gold medals.
Turkey surged to overall third position with one gold and two bronze
from Saturday
Some 500 men and women wrestlers from 47 European countries and
regions are competing in the ongoing European Championships which have
21 gold medals at stake. Competition concludes on Sunday.
From: Baghdasarian