Davit Sanasaryan writes on his Facebook page:
“Beyond Manipulation
Of course, sports journalists should have written about this, but as I understood, no analysis was done, instead the government propaganda machine went on the attack.
Until then, I thank all the wrestlers for their willful and competent fights. They tried to manipulate the question I raised and pretend that I called the participating wrestlers weak, but the question was in a completely different field. the most experienced and title-holder wrestlers were not allowed to participate in this championship, forgetting that the person responsible for recruiting the boys in the military video said that the boys would soon participate in the World Army Championship.
Now let's go into a little more detail, which I have also discussed with experts in the field.
FREESTYLE BALLS
In freestyle wrestling, our number 1s in several weight classes were replaced by less experienced athletes, which ultimately affected the overall team performance.
• 57 kg weight category
Manvel Khndzrtsyan, the bronze medalist of the European Championship, did not participate. Instead, Arman Harutyunyan participated, who did not score a point.
• 61 kg weight category
Arsen Harutyunyan, four-time European champion and three-time world bronze medalist, was replaced by Sargis Begoyan, who won a silver medal in the championship.
• 65 kg weight category
Vazgen Tevanyan, European champion, world cup winner, under-23 world champion, was replaced by Andranik Avetisyan, who became the world champion in the championship.
• 70 kg weight category
Arman Andreasyan, current European champion and world bronze medalist, was replaced by Artavazd Harutyunyan, who was defeated.
• 92 kg weight category
Knyaz Iboyan, the European youth champion, did not participate, instead Mushegh Mkrtchyan won a bronze medal.
• 97 kg weight class
Gurgen Simonyan did not participate, and Armenia did not have a representative in that weight class.
Freestyle wrestling scoring and scoring
If the first numbers participated in the tournament, it was more than possible to take 1st place in the team standings, with the following potential results:
• Manvel Khndrtsyan (potential champion) - +25 points
• Arsen Harutyunyan (potential champion) - +5 points
• Arman Andreasyan (potential champion) - +19 points
• Knyaz Iboyan (potential champion) - +10 points
• Gurgen Simonyan (potential medal winner) - +15 points
Therefore, in the team standings we would have finished 1st instead of 6th with a stronger squad.
GRECO-ROMAN COMBAT
In Greco-Roman wrestling, our leaders in a number of weight categories did not take the stage, being replaced by athletes who did not match their weight category.
• 77 kg weight class
Malkhas Amoyan, the bronze medalist of the Paris Olympics, did not participate. Instead, Ashot Khachatryan, who usually competes in the 72 kg category, took 3rd place.
• 87 kg weight class
Gevorg Tadevosyan, the under-23 world champion and the champion of the World Army Championship, did not participate. Instead, Karen Khachatryan, a wrestler in the 82 kg weight category, who became a bronze medalist in this championship, participated.
• 97 kg weight class
Vigen Nazaryan, world youth champion, did not participate, and we did not have a representative in that weight class.
Greco-Roman estimation and calculation
If the athletes of the main team participated, the result would be possible.
• Malkhas Amoyan (potential champion) - +10 points
• Gevorg Tadevosyan (potential champion) - +5 points
• Vigen Nazaryan (potential medal winner) - +15 points
Overall team rating
In Greco-Roman wrestling, finishing 1st in the tag team was again very likely, instead of 3rd.
General observations
The issue of the questions was not commented on the basis of which it was decided not to participate in the first numbers, in the case when
they see that the Turks, Russians, and Kazakhs bring athletes who are not conscripts, but instead are title-winning athletes, and bring out our boys who do not have a title in adult championships against them.
Regarding the question of the Turkish team, firstly, as a result of the draw, Armenian and Turkish athletes were divided into different groups and theoretically they could only meet in the final, which did not happen, because either the Armenian athletes lost to the representatives of other countries or the Turkish athletes.
And secondly, from the beginning, it was predicted that the Turkish Greco-Roman wrestling team will take the first place in the team calculation, it was the prediction of experts taking into account the strong composition of Turkey and our less strong composition. Although the anthem of Turkey was played for two days, in any case, if we performed with the right composition, not only the anthems of Turkey but also of Russia and Iran would not have been played."
