Panorama.am

16:50 12/04/2008

`SPARTAKIADA 2008′ STARTED

Today `Spartakiada 2008′ sport competition started at
`Spartak’ sport hall in Yerevan. The military
exercises will last till November. The military
exercises are headed by the ministries of science and
education and sport and youth affairs.
The mission of the competition is to stipulate the
sport spirit activeness within the youth and students.
`It is the ninth competition organized. This year only
9 universities applied, but we hope that they will
join us in the future. There are 10 players at every
group,’ said Arthur Poghosyan, the deputy minister of
sport and youth affairs.

Besides, he stated that the winners will take part in
the competition held in Belgrade in summer. Last year
6 sportsmen were given opportunity to present Armenia
in Thailand.

The schedule of the competition is rather
comprehensive and the sportsmen will act in 10
different sports types: April 12-13 athletics, April
19-20 table tennis, April 16-30 volleyball, May 18
swimming, Odcober 1-5 hand ball, October 6-10 female
volleyball, October 14-18 chess, November 1-5 female
basketball and November 8-12 male basketball.

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