YEREVAN (Armenpress)–Armenia’s Olympic team won its third Olympic medal in Beijing on Wednesday, as Gevorg Davtian secured the bronze medal for weightlifting.
Another Armenian, Armen Vardanian defeated Bulgarian Nikolay Gerkov in Greco-Roman wrestling for the bronze medal. Vardanian is on the Ukranian Olympic team.
Armenia’s Olympic team celebrated two victories in Beijing on Tuesday, giving Armenia its first Olympic medals in this year’s summer games. Roman Amoyan won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, while Tigran Martirosyan won bronze medal in weightlifting.