Armenian athlete wins gold at 2015 Special OlympicsAugust 1, 2015 - 14:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian athlete Tigran Gevorgyan won a gold medal in open water swimming tournament at 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles, the U.S. embassy to Armenia said. Five athletes with mental disabilities from Special Olympics Armenia NGO participate at the competitions in different sports, including aquatics, athletics, powerlifting and table tennis. Gevorgyan won another gold medal at 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens. Armenian Athletes Nona Aroyan, Suren Balasanyan and Spartak Hakobyan also won medals in 2011 Games. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |