Paris Olympics: Armenian wrestler Artur Aleksanyan wins first bout

Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan started the Paris Olympics with a crushing victory over his rival on Tuesday.

The athlete defeated Seungjun Kim of South Korea 9-0 in the 1/8 finals of the men’s Greco-Roman 97kg, the Armenian Wrestling Federation reported.

Aleksanyan is set to face Uzbekistan's Rustam Assakalov in the quarterfinals.