Coach names Armenia’s squad for Youth World Boxing ChampionshipsNovember 21, 2012 - 13:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan’s Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex will be hosting the Youth World Boxing Championships from November 25-December 8. Chief coach of Armenia’s youth boxing team Derenik Voskanyan announced the list of 10 athletes who will compete in Yerevan championships. Hayrik Nazaryan (49 kg), Henrik Mokoyan (52 kg), Taron Soghomanyan (56 kg), Arman Darchinyan (60 kg), Gor Yeritsyan (64 kg), Yura Mikayelyan (69 kg), Artavazd Haroyan (75 kg), Nikol Hayrapetyan (81 kg), Rafayel Simonyan (91 kg) and Narek Melkonyan (+91 kg) will represent Armenia at the championships. “We are currently holding a team practice session in Abovyan town, with theteams from Russia, Georgia, Greece and France also training there,” Voskanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “Armenian team will try to justify expectations,” he said. 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 provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |