Chief coach of Armenia’s Greco-Roman wrestling team commented on the clash between Roman Amoyan and Azerbaijani Elchin Aliyev in the 1/8 final of the European wrestling championship.
“It was an unpleasant combat. The international Federation shouldn’t have allowed such a refereeing. The Azeri wrestler behaved as though he came for a street fight. However, despite this, Roman was much stronger than the rival,” Levon Julfalakyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
According to him, FILA disqualified all the arbiters of the clash for their biased refereeing.
“Nothing can be changed now. However, the international federation had to take some measures during the combat. Amoyan was disqualified for his refusal to shake hands with the rival at the end of the clash. We have been informed by the federation that the disqualification won’t affect Roman’s further performance,” Mr. Julfalakyan said.
Given the arbiters’ refereeing, Amoyan-Aliyev clash ended with the victory of the Azerbaijani wrestler, who grabbed the Championships gold.
