Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria and Turkey on Saturday each won a gold medal from the Greco-Roman competition at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships.

Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia won the 96-kilogram Greco-Roman style gold medal by beating Vladislav Emilov Metodiev of Bulgaria.

Elbek Tazhyiev of Belarus defeated Elchin Aliyev from Azerbailan to win the 55-kilogram Greco-Roman style finals.

Ivo Serafimov Angelov from Bulgaria put a brake to the Russians on their gold winning track in Tbilisi by defeating Ivan Kuylakov in the 60-kilogram Greco-Roman style gold medal bout.

In the 120-kilogram Greco-Roman style finals, Turkey's Riza Kayaalp got the better of Ukraine's Yevhenii Orlov for the gold medal.

Though the Russians got just one silver and one bronze on Saturday, they still lead the overall medal tally with four gold, two silver and six bronze.

Ukraine ranks second with two gold, two silver and seven bronze, followed by Turkey, Belarus, Armenia and hosts Georgia each with two gold medals.

Turkey surged to overall third position with one gold and two bronze from Saturday

Some 500 men and women wrestlers from 47 European countries and regions are competing in the ongoing European Championships which have 21 gold medals at stake. Competition concludes on Sunday.

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