Armenia finishes 2nd at European Judo Junior ChampionshipsSeptember 19, 2011 - 11:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Junior Championships 2011 finished in Lommel, Belgium, on September 18. Armenia’s national team took the 5th place among 40 countries, while the men’s squad was 2nd in the team event. Brothers Garik and Gor Harutyunyan won gold medals in 55kg and 60kg weight categories, showing the most successful performance since 2009, when Artem Baghdasaryan grabbed the gold medal and David Mkrtchyan and Tigran Varosyan won bronze. In Tashkent-hosted World Cup, female judokas Gayane Harutyunyan and Zhanna Stankevich took the 7th and 3rd places respectively to qualify for London Olympics, reported the Armenian Judo Federation. 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. |