GREAT EXPECTATIONS

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[12:10 pm] 17 April, 2007

Today the city of Strasbourg, France hosts the World Championship of
both female and male weight lifters.

12 sportsmen will represent the Republic of Armenia.

Tehmine Karapetyan, weight of 55kg, Meline Daluzyan, w.63 kg., Nazik
Avdalyan, w. 69kg, Hripsime Khurshudyan, w. 75 kg. are female lifters
to compete at the Championship. We have great expectations from Meline
Daluzyan who won a bronze medal at the World Championship in 2006. The
experts predict a silver medal at least.

Whereas, Arsen Tamazyan, w. 62, Tigran Martirosyan, w.69, Ara
Khachatryan, w. 77 and Gevorg Davtyan, respectively as well as Khosrov
Melikyan, w. 85, Tigran V. Martirosyan, Arthur Babayan, w. 105, Arthur
Gevorgyan will try to keep the dignity of RA at male’s championship.

Arsen Tamazyan, Ara Khachatryan, Gevorg Davtyan and Tigran Martirosyan
are expected to show their best at male’s championship. Tigran
V. Martirosyan and Ara Khachatryan won bronze medals at Dominican
Republic at the World Championship in October 2006.

To remind, Samvel Khachatryan, chairman of Weight -lifting Federation
heads RA delegation.