French Armenian jockey wants to represent Armenia at 2024 OlympicsDecember 30, 2017 - 14:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French Armenian jockey Sevan Malakian is interested in representing Armenia at the 2024 summer Olympics. On December 7, Malakian, the young son of the great director Henri Verneuil ("Mayrig"), won the Jockey Club International Show Jumping in Geneva, an event that welcomes every year the best riders in the world. In particular, the French rider won the Credit Suisse Jockey Club Award. In an interview with the French magazine Nouvelles d’Arménie, Malakian expressed a wish to "represent Armenia on the international show jumping scene and take it to the 2024 summer Olympic Games in Paris." 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 | U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |