On May 5, Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler Hovhannes Varderesyan (66 kg) beat Colombia’s Ivan de Jesus Arango 3:0 in 1/16 final of Vantaa Cup 2012 Olympic qualifying tournament. He will face off against Alan Dzakaiev (Ukraine) in 1/8 final.

Norik Khachatryan (60 kg) suffered a 4:6 defeat by Albert Baghumyan Aghazaryan (Spain) to drop out of the tournament.

In 1/8 final freestyle wrestler Ruslan Basiev (120kg) will rival Koung-jin Nam (Korea). Roman Amoyan (55kg) and Artur Shahinyan will clash Mariusz Los (Poland) and Ning Duan (China) respectively in 1/16 final.

Armenian freestyle wresters Mihran Jaburyan (55kg), David Safaryan (66kg) and Hajimurat Nurmagomedov (84kg) have already gained an entry to Summer Olympic Games.