February 2, 2010 - 20:53 AMT
Gagik Tsarukyan: It will be a good result if Armenia ranks top ten at Olympics


21 Winter Olympics will be held in the Canadian city of Vancouver from February 12 to 28. Kristine Khachatryan and Sergey Mikaelyan (skiing), Ani-Matilda Serebryakyan and Arsen Nersisyan (downhill skiing) will represent Armenia in the Olympic Games. The delegation will leave for Vancouver on February 5.

On February 2 the President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan and the newly appointed Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Artur Petrosyan met with journalists and sports delegation at the Olympic Committee of Armenia. "Because of the climatic conditions winter sports are not so well developed in our country. And we do not expect gold or silver medals from the Olympics. It will be a good result if Armenia ranks top ten at Olympics," Tsarukyan said. President of the National Olympic Committee on behalf of the International Olympic Committee, presented certificates to members of the Armenian delegation.