Young Wrestlers to Participate in World Championship in Turkey. Teams Announced

The Armenian national teams in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling will participate in the World Youth Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, starting July 31.

The Greco-Roman wrestling youth team, under the guidance of coaches Gagik Khachaturyan, Aleksan Hovhannisyan, and Edgar Khachaturyan, will compete with a roster of nine wrestlers:

• Yurik Mkhitaryan (45 kg)
• Edgar Petrosyan (48 kg)
• Arthur Broyan (51 kg)
• Yuri Karapetyan (55 kg)
• Samvel Tertaryan (60 kg)
• Petros Ashkaryan (65 kg)
• Gor Khachatryan (71 kg)
• Eric Ter-Matevosyan (80 kg)
• Grisha Voskanian (92 kg)

In the freestyle wrestling category, the youth team will include:

• Gor Buniatyan (45 kg)
• Mikhran Sloyan (48 kg)
• Sasha Petrosyan (51 kg)
• Samvel Gevorgyan (55 kg)
• Aren Hayrapetyan (60 kg)
• Vladimir Azaryan (65 kg)
• Narek Nikoghosyan (71 kg)
• Razmik Yeghwanyan (80 kg)
• Varuzhan Hovhannisyan (92 kg)
• Henrik Haykyan (110 kg)

The freestyle wrestlers will be coached by Arshak Hayrapetyan and Armen Shahverdyan.