Armenian wrestler Arsen Harutyunyan claims gold at the European Championship
Armenian freestyle wrestler Arsen Harutyuynan, competing in the 61kg weight category, became champion at the European Wrestling Championship underway in Bucharest, Romania.
In the dramatic final bout ended moments ago, the Armenian defeated World and European Vice-Champion Beka Lomtadze of Georgia with a score of 17:11. It is worth mentioning that Harutyunyan recovered from 0:8 loss at the beginning.
To remind, Arsen Harutyunyan started the struggle from the qualification round where he won 14:8 Ukrainian Vladimir Bulukov, in the quarterfinals he overcame 5:2 Turk Recep Topal and in the semifinals he gained advantage over Romanian Nikolay Okhlopkov.