THE INTERNATIONAL WUSHU TOURNAMENT IN YEREVAN

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[03:52 pm] 18 April, 2006

The international traditional wushu tournament devoted to “Old
Shengavit” will be held in “Dinamo” sports ground on April 21 – 22. The
tournament is held for the 3rd time. About 100 representatives from
Georgia, Nagorno – Karabakh, Kazakhstan and Armenia will participate
in the 2006 tournament. Armenia will have the most participants – 64
sportsmen. 16 wushuists will arrive from Georgia, 12 – from Kazakhstan
and 8 – from Artsakh. Whushuists of different ages are to participate
in the meetings starting from the age 12 to adults.

Last year the representatives from Russia and Turkmenistan also
participated in the tournament but this year they don’t participate
because of the lack of financial support.

By the way, the 6th wushu championship will be held in “Dinamo” sports
ground on May 12 – 14, and about 250 Armenian strongest whushuists
will participate in various weight categories.