IF THE SPORTING FORTUNE SMILES AT US
Support A1+!The Wrestling European men and women championship will be held in Moscow on April 23. At first women will meet each other and then men in free style contest and finally the Greek - Roman meeting will be held.
The Armenian team of free style is now in Sochi where it takes its last training before the Championship. Armenia will be presented in the free style contest by Vahan Simonyan (55kg), Armen Karapetyan (60kg), the World Youth ex champion and the European champion Suren Markosyan (66kg), the World Youth Championship bronze winner Harutyun Enokyan (74kg) or the European champion Ruslan Kokajev invited from Russia, Vadim Laliev (84kg), Shamil Gritinjov (96kg) and Ruslan Basiegho in heavyweight category.
The Greek - Roman team will participate in the following personnel; the World Youth champion and double bronze winner of European adult championship Roman Amoyan (55kg), the World Championship silver winner, the European champion and bronze winner Karen Mnatsakanyan (60kg), Armenian multiple champion, the winner of many international tournaments Vahram Hunanyan (66kg), Mkhitar Hunanyan (74kg), Tigran Sahakyan (84kg) and the World Youth silver winner Robert Petrosyan (96kg), the World Championship 3rd prize winner and European double champion Juri Patrikeev (120kg).
The chief coach of the Armenian team Levon Dgulfalakyan informed us that the Armenian sportsmen are well trained and if the fate smiles at us they will return with good results from Moscow. As for the Russian sportsmen’s participation he said, “They have serious problem with their passports and it is not known yet whether they will be able to solve their problem by the Championship or not.”
