Armenia 60th In Olympic Medal Count

Armenia won one silver and two bronze medals at the Olympic Games in London, finishing 60th in the overall medal standings alongside Belgium and Finland.

The rather modest performance was an improvement over the country's place in the medal count of the previous Olympics held in Beijing four years ago. The Armenian Olympic team ranked 80th at the time, winning only three bronze medals.

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U.K. — Armenia’s flagbearer Arman Yeremyan (2ndR) leads his delegation during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, 27Jul2012

​​A silver medal won by Greco-Roman wrestler Arsen Julfalakian is what made the difference this time around. Julfalakian, whose father and coach Levon became an Olympic champion in 1988, was narrowly defeated by a Russian rival in the final bout of his weight class.

Earning Armenia the two other medals were another wrestler, the 20-year-old Artur Aleksanian, and female weightlifter Hripsime Khurshudian.

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