Members of Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestling team, Gaspar Terteryan and Martik Petrosyan, have won silver medals at the U23 World Wrestling Championships, currently taking place in Las Vegas, USA.

Competing in the 72 kg category, Gaspar Tertteryan narrowly lost 4–3 to Kazakhstan’s Yusup Ashrapov in a hard-fought final, becoming a world silver medalist. On his way to the final, the Armenian wrestler defeated Georgia’s Nika Broladze 3–1 in the round of 16, secured a convincing 9–0 victory over Russia’s Magomed Barakhoev in the quarterfinals, and beat Colombia’s Nilson Sinisterra 3–2 in the semifinals.

Martik Petrosyan also claimed the title of world silver medalist in the 82 kg category. He began his campaign in the qualification round, where he defeated a Serbian opponent 10–2, before beating an Uzbek wrestler 3–2 in the round of 16. Petrosyan then overcame a wrestler from Kyrgyzstan in the quarterfinals and defeated Sweden’s Alexander Johansson 3–1 in the semifinals. In the final, the Armenian wrestler narrowly lost 2–1 to Iran’s Abolfazl Mohammadi after a hard-fought contest, taking his place on the second step of the podium.

Another Armenian representative, Samvel Terteryan, competing in the 77 kg category, advanced to the semifinals after securing three consecutive victories at the start of the tournament. There, he lost 5–1 to Hungary’s Levente Lévai, the reigning senior European champion. Terteryan will compete for the bronze medal.

The U23 World Wrestling Championships are being held in Las Vegas from 12 to 18 October.

Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestling team is competing at the championships with nine wrestlers under the leadership of head coach Armen Babalaryan. The team also includes Manvel Khachatryan (55 kg), Yuri Karapetyan (63 kg), Yurik Hoveyan (67 kg), Vigen Nazaryan (87 kg), Ruben Gevorgyan (97 kg) and Aramayis Harutyunyan (130 kg).

Armenia’s freestyle wrestling team, led by head coach Habetnak Kurghinyan, will compete with 10 wrestlers. The Armenian representatives are Arman Harutyunyan (57 kg), Sargis Begoyan (61 kg), Hayk Abrahamyan (65 kg), Davit Margaryan (70 kg), Grigor Cholakyan (74 kg), Hayk Papikyan (79 kg), Razmik Yepremyan (86 kg), Mushegh Mkrtchyan (92 kg), Gurgen Simonyan (97 kg) and Khachatur Khachatryan (125 kg).