The 31st Summer Olympics are over. During the last weeks the strongest athletes from different parts of the world were competing for a champion title in Rio. Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Alexanyan conquered the second gold medal in the history of independent Armenia. Armenia again has an Olympic champion after a 20-year break. Independent Armenia could have had its third champion, but the referees’ harsh and biased decision deprived Mihran Harutyunyan (66kg) of the delight to stand on the first stair of the honorary platform. The Olympic gold was given to the Serb wrestler because of referees’ disgraceful decision and Harutyunyan received the Olympic silver. In the men’s 105kg weight class competition Nanjing Olympic champion, weightlifter Simon Martirosyan became a silver medalist with a total of 417kg. Weightlifter Gor Minasyan (105+kg) became an Olympic silver medalist, too. The weightlifter from Gyumri scored 451kg. Freestyle wrestler Levan Berianidze was very close to a bronze medal but got satisfied only with 5th position. Another weightlifter of the Armenian Olympic team, Ruben Aleksanyan, fall a step behind the honorary platform. At the unofficial medal count Armenia places 42nd among 206 countries.
Armenia wins 4 medals in the Rio Olympic Games
