Armenian athlete sets up record national record, shows worst result at European ChampionshipMarch 7, 2009 - 00:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian track and field athlet Haykanush Beklaryan finished her indoor performance in the 30th European Championship in Turin from March 6-8. Haykanush participated in "triple jump" discipline and with the worst result took the 20th place from among 21 participants, due to the absence of a Czech sportsman, Marina Shestakova. Nevertheless, Haykanush Beglaryan exceeded her previous individual record (12,51) in the European Championship by jumping 12,57 meters. The best result was performed by the representative of Slovakia, Maria Shestak- 14,52 meters. It should be mentioned that the finalists will be the sportsmen who were among the first ten participants in qualification round. The qualification round of the competition among men in the discipline of "long jump" is to take place March 7 where another participant from Armenia, Arsen Sarkisyan will participate. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |