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2025
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Arsen Harutyunyan wins bronze and Olympic qualification in World Wrestling Championships

Arsen Harutyunyan wins bronze and Olympic qualification in World Wrestling Championships

Arsen Harutyunyan has gained Armenia’s first qualification
in wrestling for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The 23-year-old wrestler won a bronze medal in the men’s
freestyle 57 kg event in the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, held in
Belgrade, Serbia. The three-time European champion was competing against
Meirambek Kartbay, representing Kazakhstan. Harutyunyan convincingly beat
Kartbay 11:0 ahead of time.

This was Harutyunyan’s third bronze medal in the world
championships and the first bronze in the Olympic weight category.