Armenian beats Azeri to win world arm wrestling championship

By Asbarez | Wednesday, 17 September 2014

 

Ashot Adamyan after winning the gold medal


VILNIUS, Lithuanian—Armenian arm wrestler Ashot Adamyan in the final round of a world championship match in the 60 kilogram category, beat his Azerbaijani rival Qismat Vakilov to win the world championship.

 

David Nersisyan, competing in the 75 kilogram category, who also represented Armenia, was very close to victory after qualifying for the semi-finals, but his two defeats in the matches pushed him back to the fourth place.

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