Wrestler Hovhannes Varderesyan reaches Vantaa Cup 1/8 finalMay 5, 2012 - 16:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 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. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |