25 ARMENIANS PREPARE FOR BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008

NOYAN TAPAN

Ju ne 29

25 Armenian sportsmen and sportswomen will take part in Beijing 2008
Olympics on August 8-24. During the preparation period, the boxers,
free-style and Greco-Roman wrestlers and weightlifters are training in
the Tsakhkadzor olympic sports complex, while the swimmers and athletes
are undergoing training in Yerevan and Gymri. Norayr Bakhtamian, a
4th prize winner at the previous Olympics in Athens, is training at
"Mytishche" olympic shooting-range near Moscow and will compete in
the open championship of the Russian Federation on July 1-10. The
Armenian judoists have been invited to participate in the instructive
training gathering of representatives of more than 20 countries in
Spain on June 27-July 7.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress