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Press Release
26 August 2007

Olympic dream coming true for Armenian-Dutch Water Polo International Player
Biurakn Hakhverdian

By Inge Drost

Biurakn Hakhverdian, daughter of Iranian-Armenian parents, was dreaming of
participating to the 2008 Olympics in China. Today her water polo team from
the Netherlands won the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in
Kirishi, Russia, where only the winner out of the nine competing teams could
qualify directly for the 2008 Olympics in China.

During the whole tournament the team had been playing far beyond what could
have been expected, and winning the finals against the favourite, Russian
team came as a surprise for many. Biarakn, reacting from Kirishi, is
"speechless" and "very proud". She still cannot yet believe that next year
the Dutch team will be playing in the Olympic Games in Beijing.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress