December 5, 2009 - 17:36 AMT
3 Armenian Wushu fighters become World Cup champions
4 sportsmen represented Armenia in Wushu World Cup in Sao Paulo (Brazil). As Tigran Chobanyan, president of the Traditional Wushu Federation of Armenia told a PanARMENAIN.Net reporter, he is pleased with the results of the championships. ''Three out of four our athletes won gold medals. The champion of Europe Sasun Hayrapetyan (w/c 65, Yerevan) was unable to continue the fight due to injury,'' Tigran Chobanyan said.

The following athletes won gold medals in World Cup:

w/c 48 Garik Tevanyan (Armash)
w/c to 56 Karen Sahakyan (Vanadzor)
w/c to 70 Haroutyun Simonyan (Armenia).