2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

[Federate]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

Do we know if any of the people on Iran's team are Armenian descent? I mean none of these surnames particularly strike me as Armenian, and I know some persian last names also end with -yan/ian, but then again you never know.

Noshad Alamiyan
Mohammed Bidaryan
Ebrahim Rahimian
Hamid Mohammad Soryan Reihanpour
Ahmadreza Talebian

All of them except Noshad Alamiyan have Islamic overtones to either their first or last names so I doubt they are Armenian. As for Noshad, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noshad_Alamian so I don't think he's Armenian.

[Mos]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

-ian is a popular suffix to Iranian last names. Even Ahmadnejad was born with a last name ending in -ian. Some Irish also have -ian suffix.

[ara87]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

I know, it's just that sometimes it turns out that someone's mom or dad, or maybe a grandparent were Armenian. Also, there have been a few Amenians who've played for Iran's national soccer team over the past decade, so it didn't seem impossible that their could be some on their olympic team.

Anyways, have you noticed any Armenian's on other countries teams? I know Russia has some, Uruguay also had one who was at least half Armenian (last name is "Melconian-Alvez")

[Mher]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

I know, it's just that sometimes it turns out that someone's mom or dad, or maybe a grandparent were Armenian. Also, there have been a few Amenians who've played for Iran's national soccer team over the past decade, so it didn't seem impossible that their could be some on their olympic team.

Anyways, have you noticed any Armenian's on other countries teams? I know Russia has some, Uruguay also had one who was at least half Armenian (last name is "Melconian-Alvez")

No with Irani-Armenians there is just about 0 assimilation, and everyone has distinct Armenian names, for examples the defensive midfielder on the national team is named Andranik. Ironically though, many of our last names were often changed centuries ago with the ian/yan dropped.

[Mher]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

two Armenians competing in a few hours

Hovhannes Varderesyan in Greco-Roman wrestling in 66 kg division
Artur Aleksanyan in Greco-Roman wrestling in 96 kg division

[Joseph]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

two Armenians competing in a few hours

Hovhannes Varderesyan in Greco-Roman wrestling in 66 kg division
Artur Aleksanyan in Greco-Roman wrestling in 96 kg division

Varderesyan is now out. Aleksanyan is in the Quarter Finals, Getze Artur!!!!!

[Joseph]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

Aleksanyan is now out too

[Mher]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

Aleksanyan is now out too

Hopefully he can get the bronze
Is there a channel where these matches are available? I checked BBC 1, 2, 4 and H1 online, and found nothing

[Mher]

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Hovhannes Varderesyan loses but has chances for bronze
"However, the Armenian wrestler has a chance to fight for bronze if Hyeonwoo Kim advances to the final."

http://sport.news.am/eng/news/9058/london-olympics-2012-hovhannes-varderesyan-loses-but-has-chances-for-bronze.html

London Olympics 2012: Artur Aleksanyan defeated in quarter-final
"If Iranian wrestler advances to the final, Aleksanyan will have an opportunity for bronze medal match."

http://sport.news.am/eng/news/9066/london-olympics-2012-artur-aleksanyan-defeated-in-quarter-final.html

[Joseph]

Re: 2012 London Olympics and the Armenian Olympics Team

Hovhannes Varderesyan loses but has chances for bronze
"However, the Armenian wrestler has a chance to fight for bronze if Hyeonwoo Kim advances to the final."

http://sport.news.am/eng/news/9058/london-olympics-2012-hovhannes-varderesyan-loses-but-has-chances-for-bronze.html

London Olympics 2012: Artur Aleksanyan defeated in quarter-final
"If Iranian wrestler advances to the final, Aleksanyan will have an opportunity for bronze medal match."
http://sport.news.am/eng/news/9066/l...ter-final.html

I still don't understand the qualifying, scoring, etc. Here is where I check:

http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/schedule-and-results/day=7-august/all-day.html