Malkhas Amoyan (ARM) vs Yunus Emre Basar (TUR) - Final // European Championships 2022

Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM) won the 77kg European title. Amoyan, who won the gold in Oslo at 72kg, was making his debut at the 77kg and wrestled Yunus Basar (TUR) in the final. He was called passive and gave up a gut wrench to trail 3-0 at the break. But he got the same action using a chest wrap in the second period to lead 3-3 on criteria. Turkey challenged the call asking for a leg foul but the judges found no negative wrestling which gave another point to Amoyan, extending his lead 4-3 with two minutes remaining. The silver medalist from Warsaw European Championships was again called passive but this time Basar could not get any exposure from par terre as Amoyan let out a loud scream to celebrate his maiden gold at the continental championships. “Last year I got second place and it was my fault,“ Amoyan said. “But here I was focused only on wrestling for the gold and used the instructions of the coaches correctly.“ Since he has moved up to an Olympic weight c