YEREVAN.- U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern congratulated Armenia on bronze and silver Olympic medals.  

“Armenian bronze (Hripsime Khurshudyan - Women’s weightlifting) and silver (Arsen Julfalakyan - Greco Roman... Congratulations,” he tweeted.

Armenia won two medals on the ninth day of the London Olympics. Weightlifter Hripsime Khurshudyan won bronze in women’s 75 kilogram category. Hripsime lifted 128 kilograms in snatch and 166 in clean and jerk having a total of 295 kilograms.

Later Greco-Roman wrestler Arsen Julfalakyan won silver being defeated by Russia’s Roman Vlasov in the finals of men’s 74 kilogram category.