Karen Aslanyan, a member of Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestling team competing in the 63 kg category, has won gold at the World Wrestling Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. In the final, Aslanyan defeated Azerbaijan’s Nihat Mammadli 8 - 4 to become world champion.

Karen Aslanyan began his campaign in the qualification round, defeating his Romanian opponent 10–0. He then beat a wrestler from Kyrgyzstan 8–0 in the round of 16, followed by a 9–0 victory over his Uzbek opponent in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the Armenian wrestler defeated Bulgaria’s Edmond Nazaryan 12–4 to secure his place in the final.

Armenia’s another representative Gevorg Tadevosyan, competing in the 87 kg category, won a bronze medal after defeating Ukraine’s Yaroslav Filchakov 4–1 in the decisive bout.

Slavik Galstyan, competing in the 67 kg category, also came close to winning bronze. The two-time world bronze medalist faced Cuba’s Orta Sanchez in the bout for third place but lost 8–6.

Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestlers thus concluded the World Championships with a total of two medals: one gold and one bronze.