December 11, 2015 - 15:07 AMT
Armenian wrestler tops 2015 United World Wrestling Rankings

Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler, two-time world champion, three-time European Champion and an Olympic bronze medalist Artur Aleksanyan (98 kg) tops for a second year in a row the 2015 United World Wrestling Rankings for Greco-Roman, UWW website reports.

Defending champ Aleksanyan, 24, defeated London 2012 Olympic Games gold medalist Ghasem Rezaei (IRI) in the 98kg final at the world championships in Las Vegas for his eighth straight tournament title over the last two years.

Oman Amoyan (59 kg) ranks 14th, Mihran Harutyunyan (66kg) comes in 5th, while Varsham Boranyan is the 16th in the rankings.