abass80 Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 ARMENIAN WRESTLER QUALIFIES FOR BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES BAKU, SEPTEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS: One more Armenian athlete has won the right to represent his country at 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. It is Arman Adikian, a 66 kg Greco-Roman style wrestler, who upset rivals from Japan, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine at the world championship hosted by Azerbaijani capital Baku. But in the semi-finals he was defeated by a French wrestler and will be fighting for a bronze medal. Earlier two Armenian wrestlers, Roman Amoyan (55 kg) and Khosrov Melikian (60 kg) were defeated by Azerbaijani and Ukrainian wrestlers. Arman Adikian has become the fourth Armenian athlete so far to have qualified for the Games. The others are shooter Norayr Bakhtamyan and judoists Hovhaness Davtian and Armen Nazarian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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