Armenian boxer Hovhannes Bachkov wins bronze at Tokyo Olympics

Boxer Hovhannes Bachkov has won bronze at Tokyo Olympics, raising Armenia’s medal count to four. The lightweight boxer lost his final bout to Keyshawn Davis of the United States 5:0 on Friday, August 6․

Bachkov reached the semifinals by defeating Uzbekistan’s Elnur Abduraimov 5-0 August 3. Already then he was now guaranteed no worse than a bronze medal.

Gymnast Artur Davtyan won Armenia’s first medal at the Olympics in Tokyo on August 2. The next day, weightlifter Simon Martirosyan and wrestler Artur Aleksanyan snatched a silver medal each.