SERGEI SARKISOV BECOMES WINNER IN BICYCLE RACE TRADITIONAL MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
Noyan Tapan
Apr 11 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN. 36 sportsmen took part in the
traditional bicycle race tournament dedicated to the memory of Samvel
Gevorgian, a freedom-figher who has perished in Artsakh, holder of
the 1st degree order of Combat Cross. Samvel Gevorgian himself was
a well-known bicyclist: he was a master of sport, a prize-winner of
All-Union and international competitions, the champion of Armenia. On
the first day the participants of the memorial tournament competed
in a race with a separate start. Here the strongest was Sergei
Sarkisov. Edgar Gevorgian, Sevacher Martirosian and Sergei Sarkisov
won in group bicycle races held the next day. The latter took 1st
place in the tournament.
The 20-year-old sport master Sarkisov is from Masis, he is in the
3rd year at Yerevan Physical Culture Institute. Samvel Gevorgian’s
son, well-known boxer Artur Gevorgian, gave the challenge cup of the
tournament to the winner.
Now the strongest bicyclists of Armenia are preparing for participation
in the international competitions to be held in Iran.