Wrestler Malkhas Amoyan becomes European junior champion

Armenian wrestler Malkhas Amoyan (72 kg won gold on the last day of the Greco-Roman competition of the Junior European Championship coming to an end in Spanish Pontevedra, the National Olympic Committee reported. Malkhas Amoyan fought against Moldavian Mihai Petic and won 8:0 in 2 minutes 30 seconds.
the source reminds that Amoyan had entered the competition from the qualification round and had gained four victories. He had been stronger than Italian (9:0), Turk (6:1), Georgian (8:4) and Russian (5:4) opponents and had reached the final.

Meanwhile wrestler Hayk Melikyan (67 kg) became a silver medalist and Sahak Hovhannisyan (60 kg) won a bronze medal. Hayk Melikyan competed with Georgian Georgi Shotadze in the final and lost 0:9, while Sahak Hovhannisyan (60 kg) had a confident victory 9:0 over Ukrainian Miroslav Sloviani in the fight for bronze.

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