Paris 2024 Olympics: Armenia appeals Aleksanyan-Saravi ruling

PARIS, AUGUST 12, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian National Olympic Committee has appealed the Aleksanyan-Saravi wrestling match ruling to the International Olympic Committee.

Deputy Minister of Sport of Armenia Karen Giloyan told reporters that the United World Wrestling, in written answers, has claimed that the referees made the right decision. “But we are 100 percent right, this is a fact,” Giloyan said. “The National Olympic Committee of Armenia, attaching the complaint of the Armenian Wrestling Federation, and the answer of the United World Wrestling, has appealed to the appeals commission of the International Olympic Committee,” Giloyan said.

“We had cases during the Olympic Games where similar episodes in other matches were treated very differently. We are more than convinced that Artur Aleksanyan wasn’t supposed to lose this match. Let the appeals commission decide. We are going to demand our gold medal until the end, until the very last authority, until Lausanne,” he said, referring to the seat of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The judge scored the 97kg Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling final match 4:1 in favor of Iran’s Mohammadhadi Saravi. Armenia’s Aleksanyan was awarded the silver medal. Aleksanyan said he was robbed of gold as a result of refereeing injustice.