Paris 2024: Armenia's Artur Aleksanyan starts campaign with 9-0 win

13:23   6 August, 2024

Armenia’s Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist, four-time world champion, seven-time European champion Artur Aleksanyan has reached the quarterfinals of the Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling competition at the Paris Olympic Games.

In the Round of 16 of the 97kg category, Aleksanyan defeated Kim Seungjun (South Korea)—the 2014 World Youth Championships silver medalist, 2017 Asian Championships silver medalist, 2021 Asian Championships silver medalist, and 2024 Asian zone Olympic ranking tournament winner—ahead of time, by a score of 9-0 

Artur Aleksanyan's opponent in the quarterfinals will be Rustam Assakalov (Uzbekistan), world silver and bronze medalist, Asian Games champion, and three-time champion of Asia.



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