Armenian swimmers round out 2018 with fresh recordsDecember 26, 2017 - 13:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The International Vladimir Salnikov Cup Swimming Tournament was recently held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with Artur Barseghyan, Levon Khachatryan and Levon Vardanyan representing Armenia. The Armenian swimmers performed quite well to register new records both for Armenia and for themselves. In the 50 meter butterfly event, Barseghyan with a 0.25.19 result set a new record for Armenia, and another one for himself in the 100 meter freestyle event. Khachatryan, in turn, improved his personal results in the 50 and 100 meter breaststroke even, while Vardanyan set a personal record in the 50 meter breaststroke. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |