Varag Aghadjanyan won bronze medal in European Tae Kwon Do championshipJune 2, 2009 - 18:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian tae kwon-do youth team (below age 17) finished competitions in XVII European championship held in Trelleborg, Sweden. Defeating Romanian, British and Bosnian athletes, Varag Aghadjanyan (weight class: 51 kg.) won title to semi-final in which victory over Turkish tae kwon-do athlete Seitan Avaliku led him to a bronze medal.Defeated in quarterfinal single combats, Haykaz Samvelyan (w.c. below 59 kg.) and Vahagn Aghekyan (w.c. below 67 kg.) occupied the 5th horizon in championship list. The result may be deemed satisfactory, since Armenian young athletes were not awarded medals over the past 5-6 years, RA Tae Kwon-Do Federation President Vardan Khaghramanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent. "For me, it is a satisfactory result, because gold medal was expected from Haykaz Samvelyan. All in all, it is a progress," Khaghramanyan said, adding that Armenian tae kwon-do team (cadets: below age 15, coach: Zorayr Mekinyan) is to arrive in Zagreb, Croatia, on June 24 to participate in third European Cadet Championship due for June 26-28. Armenian tae won do team (chief coach: Rakhim Samekhi, Iran) participating in European championship consisted of athletes Hayk Samvelyan (w.c. 59 kg.)m Vahan Harutyunyan (below 55 kg.), Varag Aghadjanyan (below 51 kg,). Gourgen Haroutyunyan (below 63 kg.) and Vahagn Aghekyan (below 67 kg.) WTF European Tae Kwon-Do Championship is held every year. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |