Sports events are too often marred by incidents of racism, homophobia, sexism and other manifestations of hate speech. On some occasions the incidents also degenerate into physical violence, involving many supporters and occasionally result in the interruption of the event. The risk of such incidents obliges some organisers to limit or deny access to supporters. In all …
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Harutyun Mkhitaryan, an expert of the Lori Regional Rescue Department, took the first place in the 65 kg weight category with his right and left hands at the official disabled arm wrestling championship organized by the Federation of Disabled Sports of Armenia and awarded with diplomas, medals and cups. The tournament was held in accordance …
Public Radio of Armenia. Armenia’s Gor Minasyan and Varazdat Lalayan won silver and bronze medals at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia. In the +109 kg weight category, Minasyan was the second with the combined result of 464 kg in the snatch and clean and jerk. Lalayan won a bronze medal with a …
Public Radio of Armenia. Armenian weightlifter Samvel Gasparyan (102 kg) won the champion’s title at the European Weightlifting Championships under way in Moscow. Arsen Martirosyan won the silver medal in the same weight category. Samvel Gasparyan lifted 176 kg in the snatch and 214 kg in the clean and jerk, and was crowned European champion with …
Public Radio of Armenia. Armenia’s Liana Gyurjyan won a bronze medal at the European Weightlifting Championships under way in Moscow, Russia. She was the 6th in the snatch with a result of 98 kg. Gyurjyan lifted 129 kg in the clean and jerk and won a small silver medal. She won the bronze with a …
Public Radio of Armenia. Armenia’s Karen Avagyan snatched gold at the European Weightlifting Championships, and Andranik Karapetyan took the third place in the 89 kg weight category. Karen Avagyan won the title with a total result of 375 kg. He lifted 170 kg in the snatch and pushed 200 kg in the clean & jerk. …
Famous weightlifter Hripsime Khurshudyan does not rule out the possibility of her return to the grand arena. During an event organized by the State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports of Armenia in honor of Motherhood and Beauty Day, she told Aravot Daily, “You know, I can say that I am one of the founders …
Horizon. A competitive ice dancing pair that trains in Montreal and represents Armenia missed out on a major Olympic qualifier after a false positive Covid-19 test, CTV News reports. Tina Garabedian and Simon Proulx-Senecal touched down in Stockholm a little more than a week ago to compete in the World Figure Skating Championships — the top 19 pairs qualify for the Winter …
Public Radio of Armenia. Armenia and Germany lead Group J of FIFA World Cup Qualification round with six points. Armenia scored two consecutive victories against Lichtenstein and Iceland last week, and is expected to host Romania on Wednesday. “Armenia the shock joint-leaders after second straight win,” FIFA world Cup tweeted.
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, the rescuer of the Center for Carrying out Activities of Special Importance of the Rescue Service of the MES took the first place in the Student Mas-wrestling Championship. Hovhannes has been practicing this sport since 2015: he is a bronze medalist of the European Championship and a silver medalist of the World Championship. …
