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5 December 2009 - 13:36 AMT

3 Armenian Wushu fighters become World Cup champions

4 sportsmen represented Armenia in Wushu World Cup in Sao Paulo (Brazil). As Tigran Chobanyan, president of the Traditional Wushu Federation of Armenia told a PanARMENAIN.Net reporter, he is pleased with the results of the championships. ”Three out of four our athletes won gold medals. The champion of Europe Sasun Hayrapetyan (w/c 65, Yerevan) was unable to continue the fight due to injury,” Tigran Chobanyan said.

The following athletes won gold medals in World Cup:

w/c 48 Garik Tevanyan (Armash)
w/c to 56 Karen Sahakyan (Vanadzor)
w/c to 70 Haroutyun Simonyan (Armenia).