March 22, 2013 - 14:33 AMT
Armenia’s Murtazaliev makes it to Wrestling Championships ¼ finals

Armenia’s Musa Murtazaliev (84 kg) beat Slovakia’s Michael Bodnar 10:0 to make it to the quarterfinals of the European Wrestling Championships.

Murtazaliev will next face off against Ukraine’s Ibragim Aldatov.

Greco-Roman wrestling bouts are due March 23, with Armenia’s lineup including the following participants: Harutyun Hovhannisyan (55 kg), Aleksan Mikaelyan (60 kg), Sasun Hambaryan (66 kg), Rafik Manukyan (74 kg), Artur Shahinyan (84 kg), Artur Aleksanyan (96 kg) and Vachik Yeghiazaryan (120 kg).

Earlier, Armenia’s David Safaryan won the Championships gold in 66 kg weight class.