Vardan Melkonyan, Alex Grigoryan and Vahe Hoveyan win gold at the under-17 tournament in Novosibirsk, with two silvers and a bronze completing Armenia’s tally.
Armenia’s wrestlers won three gold medals, two silvers and one bronze at the international under-17 Sila Traditsiy tournament in Novosibirsk. Five Armenian wrestlers reached finals, and Bagrat Karapetyan won a bronze-medal bout.
The tournament brought together young wrestlers from Armenia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
| Wrestler | Weight class | Medal | Opponent | Bout | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vardan Melkonyan | 45 kg | Gold | Damir Tagirov (Russia) | Final | 9–0 |
| Alex Grigoryan | 65 kg | Gold | Robert Lapin | Final | 5–1 |
| Vahe Hoveyan | 92 kg | Gold |
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| Ramzan Saygeraev |
| Final |
| 9–0 |
| Vahan Grigoryan | 51 kg | Silver | Soltan Yusupov (Russia) | Final | 1–5 |
| Aram Sargsyan | 80 kg | Silver | Khetag Gagloev (Russia) | Final | 5–13 |
| Bagrat Karapetyan | 48 kg | Bronze | Kirill Nikolaenko (Russia) | Bronze-medal bout | 9–0 |
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