Armenia’s wrestler Yuri Patrikeev loses way to ¼ final
07.08.2012,
11:45
Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestler Yuri Patrikeev (120 kg) suffered defeat in the 1/8 final from 2011 world and Asian bronze champion Bashir Asgari Babajanzadeh Darzi of Iran at London Olympic Games Monday.
YEREVAN, August 7. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestler Yuri Patrikeev (120 kg) suffered defeat in the 1/8 final from 2011 world and Asian bronze champion Bashir Asgari Babajanzadeh Darzi of Iran at London Olympic Games Monday.
In the qualification Patrikeev defeated Russian Olympic champion Khasan Baroev 2:1.
Yuri Patrikeev has been representing Armenia since 2005. He is a four-time champion of Europe (2002, 2004, 2008, 2009), two-time world bronze medalist (2002, 2007), world silver medalist in Moscow 2010, a bronze medalist of Beijing Olympic Games, a bronze champion of Europe 2011 and 2012.
Armenian team has won silver and bronze medals at Olympic Games in London. Bronze medalist is a weightlifter Hripsime Khurshudyan (over 75 kg), silver medalist is Greco-Roman wrestler Arsen Julfalakyan.E.O.—0--
