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Armenian Wrestlers Win Titles at European Wrestling Championships

Sun., March 24 was a good day for Armenian fans of wrestling. Artur Aleksanyan, 21, was crowned European Champion of the 96 kg. Men’s Greco-Roman event at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia.  The young victor easily defeated his opponent, Bulgaria’s Vladislav Metodiev, with a 6:0 (3.0, 3.0) score in the final round. David Safaryan, 23, also won the same title in the 66 kg.

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Lilly Torosyan

Lilly Torosyan is editor of the Armenian Weekly and a member of the Armenian Nutmegger community. (That’s Connecticut nutmegs by way of Sasun walnuts). Her writing focuses on the confluence of identity, cultural continuity and language – especially within the global Armenian communities. She previously served as the assistant project manager at h-pem, an Armenian cultural platform launched by the Hamazkayin Central Executive Board, and a freelance writer in Armenia.

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