Armenia Claims Second Gold Medal at World Championship
PARIS (A.W.)—Armenia’s Maksim Manukyan became the world Greco-Roman Wrestling champion (80 kg) after beating Belarusian Radik Koulin 5-2 at the World Wrestling Championship in Paris on Aug. 22.
Manukyan’s gold medal win comes one day after his Armenian teammate and reigning Olympic champion Artur Aleksanyan became the world Greco-Roman Wrestling champion in the 98 kg category after beating Russia’s Musa Yevloyev 3-1 by decision on Aug. 21.
Manukyan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, taking the 16th spot out of 21. He was eliminated from medal contention by Hungary’s Viktor Lorincz.
2 Comments To "Maksim Manukyan Becomes World Greco-Roman Wrestling (80 kg) Champion"
#1 Comment By John Vartanian On August 23, 2017 @ 2:25 am
I think Armenian needs to start supporting its athletes in every way possible so we can have more Olypmic Champions this time in every sport.
God bless Armenia.
#2 Comment By pick & mix juice bar On August 23, 2017 @ 3:50 pm
Good job. This is power of Armenians. Strong & smart.