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Armenian wrestlers take no medals in Istanbul

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Armenian free-style wrestlers returned home without medals from the 2011 World Wrestling Championships that wrapped up in Istanbul.

Armenia's Mihran Jaburyan (55 kg) lost to Dulet Nivazbekov of Kazakhstan in the struggle for a bronze medal. Jaburyan took a ticket to participate in the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Narek Sanoyan (60 kg) was defeated by Germany's Tim Schleicher 2:13 and David Safaryan (66 kg) lst to Russia's Adam Batirov.

Armenia's Musa Murtazaliev (74kg) lost to Azerbaijan's Ashraf Aliyev in the quarter-finals and Hajimurad Nurmagomedov was beaten by Serdar Böke of Turkey.

Armenia came 16th-21st on the list with 6 points. The list is topped by Russia, Iran and the U.S.