Wrestler Levan Berianidze to fight for Olympic bronze

19:55 - 20 Aug, 2016

On the penultimate day of the 31st Summer Olympic Games the competition is being continued by freestyle wrestlers.

Armenia's Olympic team member Levan Berianidze (125kg) started the struggle from the 1/8 finals and competed against Chinese Zhiwei Deng. The bout ended 2;2 and as Armenia's representative was the last to earn a point, he continued the competition.

In the second bout Berianidze was competing against Hungary's Daniel Liget whom Berianidze defeated 3:1 and qualified for the semifinals.

In the semifinals Berianidze's opponent was Turk Taha Akgul. Berianidze lost 8:1 to the reigning champion and will fight for the bronze medal with the winner of Mongolia-Belarus pair.

 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Photos -here

Official partner - Ucom

ANOC press service

 

Other news

Minsk 2019: Gurgen Hovhannisyan commences with a win

The first competition day was started by the boxers.

Pashik Alaverdyan: Mission accomplished, we obtained 5 qualifications

Here we also faced problems, this time with Tigran Martirosyan and Simon Martirosyan

Junior European Championship: Hrachya Margaryan – gold medalist, Mher Markosyan – silver medalist

The Armenia team ended its performances with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals.

Tokyo 2020 mascots’ names known

The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be held from July 24 to August 9.

Freestyle wrestlers are leaving for Mongolia

The Olympic qualifying tournament will be held from April 22 to 25

Rafael Harutyunyan: It is necessary to invite the best specialists to solve any problem

Only in that case it is possible to escape crisis quickly and effectively.

Marzpet Minasyan became the bronze medalist at the European Junior & U20 Weightlifting Championships

Minasyan lifted a combined weight of 227 kg

Minsk 2019: Alla Poghosyan and Hrachik Babayan fail to overcome qualification round

Poghosyan and Babayan registered 620.0 points in the first stage.