Armenian judokas got off to a bad start at European Championships in Budapest, with Rafael Davtyan losing to Szabolcs Krizsan (Hungary) in the Friday, April 26 fight.

Mher Karapetyan (81 kg) will face off against a winner in Murat Khabachirov (Russia) and Lukasz Blach (Poland) clash.

Hakob Arakelyan (100 kg) will fight Jevgenijs Borodavko (Latvia.)