Junior championship in swimming start October 24 in Gyumri, ArmeniaOctober 14, 2009 - 16:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 10 teams will take part in Armenia's Junior Championship in swimming October 24-25 in Gyumri. According to Igor Safaryan, President of the Swimming Federation, 8 teams will participate in the championship from Yerevan, one - from Gyumri and Vanadzor each. "The championship will bring together 100 to 120 young people under 18 and girls under 16," Igor Safaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Athletes, showed best results during the championship will be included in the Armenian national team to take part in the European Championship 2010. Armenia was represented by Sergei Pevnev at the European Junior Championship 2009 in Prague. He won 81th place out of 160 participants. 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 | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. 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 |