Young Wrestlers to Compete in World Championship in Turkey

The Armenian national teams in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling will participate in the World Junior Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, from July 31. This was reported by Armsport.am.

The junior Greco-Roman wrestling team, under the coaching of Gagik Khachatryan, Aleksan Hovhannisyan, and Edgar Khachatryan, will compete with nine wrestlers:

• Yurik Mkhitaryan (45 kg)
• Edgar Petrosyan (48 kg)
• Artur Broyan (51 kg)
• Yuri Karapetyan (55 kg)
• Samvel Terteryan (60 kg)
• Petros Ashkaryan (65 kg)
• Gor Khachatryan (71 kg)
• Erik Ter-Matevosyan (80 kg)
• Grisha Voskanyan (92 kg)

The junior freestyle wrestling team will comprise the following wrestlers:

• Gor Buniatyan (45 kg)
• Mikhran Sloyan (48 kg)
• Sasha Petrosyan (51 kg)
• Samvel Gevorgyan (55 kg)
• Aren Hayrapetyan (60 kg)
• Vladimir Azaryan (65 kg)
• Narek Nikoghosyan (71 kg)
• Razmik Yefremyan (80 kg)
• Varuzhan Hovhannisyan (92 kg)
• Henrik Haykyan (110 kg)

The freestyle wrestlers will compete under the guidance of coaches Arshak Hayrapetyan and Armen Shahverdyan.

The World Junior Championship will conclude on August 6.