RIO DE JANEIRO — Artur Aleksanyan, the two-time reigning world champion at 98kg, has won Armenia’s first gold medal in Rio Olympics defeating Yasmany Daniel Lugo Cabrera, Cuba, 3-0 in the final.
Aleksanyan was completely dominant in his weight class. He won back-to-back matches by technical fall in the quarterfinals and semifinals, defeating Alin Alexuc Ciurariu, Romania, 8-0 and Cenk Ildem, Turkey, 9-0.
in the semi-finals Arutyunyan beat Rasul Chunayev, Azerbaijan, 4-1.
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