Armenia claims 5 gold medals at European Games
The Armenian team captured 5 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals at the 2nd European Games ended in Minsk, Belarus, taking the 11th spot, the National Olympic Committee’s press service reported.
Samboist Tigran Kirakosyan (52 kg), Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan (97 kg), boxers Artur Hovhannisyan (49 kg), Hovhannes Bachkov (64 kg) and gymnast Artur Davtyan (vault) became champions of the European Games.
Samboist David Grigoryan (82 kg), Greco-Roman wrestler Karapet Chalyan (77 kg) and gymnast Vahagn Davtyan (rings) won silver medals.
Samboist Arsen Ghazaryan (74 kg) and boxers Karen Tonakanyan (60 kg) and Gor Nersesyan (81 kg) captured bronze medals.
Armenia participated in the European Games with 37 athletes in 9 sports.
More than 4000 athletes from 50 countries performed at the European Games.
The athletes competed in 15 sports for 200 medal sets.