Chief coaches satisfied with performance of Armenia’s judo and freestyle wrestling teams at Singapore Olympic GamesAugust 30, 2010 - 18:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On August 29, Armenia’s team arrived in Yerevan from Singapore, which hosted the first-ever Youth Olympic Games. Armenia’s team won four medals. Specifically, weightlifter Gor Margaryan won silver medal, while freestyle wrestler Artak Hovhannisyan, judoist David Kazaryan and weightlifter Smbat Margaryan won bronze. Chief coach of Armenia’s judo youth team Martin Sargsyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that he is happy with the performance of Kazaryan, despite judges’ biased attitude during his fight against an American judoist. “Nevertheless, Kazaryan managed to win bronze medal,” said Sargsyan. According to him, the team will resume trainings in several days. In October, Georgia will host the last international tournament of 2010. Chief coach of Armenia’s freestyle wrestling team Eduard Tunyan is also satisfied with the performance of Hovhannisyan, expecting good results from him in future as well. “Our team won four bronze medals at the European championships and international tournaments in 2010. We have completed our performance this year and will start preparing for 2011 after a short-term rest,” said Tunyan. 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 | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them. |