Malkhas Amoyan Becomes World Champion In Greco-Roman Wrestling
Malkhas Amoyan is a world champion.
The Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler defeated Sergey Kutuzov of Russia, 3-1, to win gold in the Greco-Roman 72 kg bracket of the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo. This comes after Amoyan won silver at the 2021 European Championships.
Amoyan had a dominant tournament. He started off with an 8-0 win over Havard Jorgensen of Norway. His next victim was Kristupas Sleiva of Lithuania. He took care of him with a 5-0 win. Then, in the semifinals, Amoyan defeated Mohammed Reza Mokhtari of Iran, 10-6, to advance to the finals.
Finishing third with the bronze in the 72 kg bracket was Gevorg Sahakyan, an Armenian representing Poland. Sahakyan defeated Turkey’s Cengiz Arslan to capture the medal.
Armenian Sports News 