 He had, however, been unable to win a World Wrestling Championship, coming in third place at every World Championship leading up to the 2000 Summer Olympics.Nazaryan had also lost his European Championship in 2000, just months before the Olympics that year.After defeating three of his first four opponents via grand superiority, Nazaryan successfully advanced to the finals at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where he faced the larger, taller and reigning World Wrestling Champion, Kim In-Sub.