13:30  ,  September 15, 2019

WC-2019: Artur Aleksanyan makes it to semi-final

Top wrestler of the Armenian national wrestling team Artur Aleksanyan scored a pass to the semi-final of the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship and has scored a pass to the 2020 Olympic Games. The Olympic, world and European champion competed with Iranian wrestler Abdulah Saravi in the quarter-final and beat him 4-3.

The favorite of the 97 kg category wrestlers competed with Turkish wrestler Cenk Ildem in the 1/8 final and beat him 4-2.

In the second match, the Olympic champion beat Finnish representative Kuosmanen 10-0.

In the qualifying stage, Artur Aleksanyan competed with Belarus’s wrestler Aleksander Hrabovik and was lost 5-0.

Ucom is helping cover the world championship.

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