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On the last day of the Greco-Roman competition of the Junior European Championships coming to an end in the Spanish city of Pontevedra Armenian representatives won gold, silver and bronze medals. 

Malkhas Amoyan (72 kg) was named a junior European champion, Hayk Melikyan (67 kg) became a silver medalist and Sahak Hovhannisyan (60 kg) won a bronze medal, the National Olympic Committee reported.

Malkhas Amoyan fought against Moldavian Mihai Petic and won 8-0 in 2 minutes 30 seconds.

Earlier on June 4 the wrestler entered the competition from the qualification round after gaining four victories. He outcompeted his Italian (9-0), Turk (6-1), Georgian (8-4) and Russian (5-4) opponents to make it to the final.

Hayk Melikyan competed with Georgian Georgi Shotadze in the final and lost 0-9.

On June 4 Melikyan started the struggle from the 1/8 finals, overcoming Serbia’s (8-0), Austria’s (14-5) and Russia’s (10-1) representatives and qualifying for the final.

Sahak Hovhannisyan (60 kg) claimed a confident 9-0 win over Ukrainian Miroslav Sloviani in the fight for bronze.

Karen Khachatryan (82 kg) who had lost earlier got the right to win for a bronze medal but on June 5 lost in the second repechage round and dropped out the struggle.

Earlier on June 4 Hrachya Poghosyan (63 kg) became a bronze medalist.

The Armenia junior Greco-Roman wrestling team set for the European Championship with 9 wrestlers ended its performances with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals.