11:18 , May 16, 2015

Armenia wins three medals of European sambo championship

Armenian athletes won gold, silver and bronze medals during the first day of European sambo championship in Zagreb, Croatia.

Tigran Kirakosyan (52 kg) won the title of the European champion, Mavrik NAsibyan (74 kg) was the second and Ernest Hayrapetyan (57 kg) won bronze.

Other Armenian athletes will start competing on Saturday and Sunday.

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