On July 5th, the 2024 European U20 Wrestling Championship started in Novi Sad. Four athletes from the Armenian team competed on the first day, and all still have a chance to win medals, albeit only bronze ones.
Hayk Gasparyan (57 kg), Andranik Avetisyan (65 kg), and Aren Israelyan (79 kg) reached the semifinals, where all three lost to wrestlers from Russia. Tomorrow they will compete for bronze.
Vladimir Azaryan (70 kg) lost to a Russian in the quarterfinals but will also compete for bronze tomorrow through the repechage, as Magomed Baytukaev managed to reach the final.
Results of Armenian wrestlers on the first day of the tournament:
Hayko Gasparyan (57 kg):
- 1/8: Hayk Gasparyan (Armenia) - Dmytro Kudriavtsev (Ukraine) 10:0.
- 1/4: Hayk Gasparyan (Armenia) - Rafal Szwec (Poland) 10:0.
- 1/2: Hayk Gasparyan (Armenia) - Lev Pavlov (Russia) 1:4.
Andranik Avetisyan (65 kg):
- 1/8: Andranik Avetisyan (Armenia) - Dmitry Schwartz (Belarus) 10:0.
- 1/4: Andranik Avetisyan (Armenia) - Sergey Kylchik (Moldova) 10:0.
- 1/2: Andranik Avetisyan (Armenia) - Adam Arkhiev (Russia) 0:11.
Vladimir Azaryan (70 kg):
- 1/8: Vladimir Azaryan (Armenia) - Dmitry Schwartz (Belarus) 12:2.
- 1/4: Vladimir Azaryan (Armenia) - Magomed Baytukaev (Russia) 1:9.
Aren Israelyan (79 kg):
- 1/8: Aren Israelyan (Armenia) - Davit Tchetcheshashvili (Georgia) 10:0.
- 1/4: Aren Israelyan (Armenia) - Gregor Eigenbrodt (Germany) 5:4.
- 1/2: Aren Israelyan (Armenia) - Said Saidulov (Russia) 2:5.
Tomorrow, July 6th, Artavazd Harutyunyan (61 kg), Narek Nikoghosyan (74 kg), Razmik Yepremyan (86 kg), Papin Unanyan (92 kg), and Henrik Haykyan (125 kg) will begin their matches for the Armenian team.