Armenia Claims Second Gold Medal at World Championship
PARIS (A.W.)—Armenia’s Maksim Manukyan became the world Greco-Roman Wrestling champion (80 kg) after beating Belarusian Radik Koulin 5-2 at the World Wrestling Championship in Paris on Aug. 22.
Armenia’s Maksim Manukyan (Photo: Artur Aleksanyan/Facebook)
Manukyan’s gold medal win comes one day after his Armenian teammate and reigning Olympic champion Artur Aleksanyan became the world Greco-Roman Wrestling champion in the 98 kg category after beating Russia’s Musa Yevloyev 3-1 by decision on Aug. 21.
Manukyan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and was eliminated in the round of 16 by Hungary’s Viktor Lorincz.