SOME OF ARMENIAN OLYMPIANS RETURN TO HOMELAND WITH THEIR PRIZES

Noyan Tapan
Aug 19, 2008

YEREVAN, AUGUST 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Thousands of fans met Armenian
Olympians, who returned to Armenia from Beijing, at Yerevan’s Zvartnots
Airport on August 19. Among them were Greco-Roman wrestlers Roman
Amoyan (55 kg) and heavyweight Yuri Patrikeyev, weightlifters Tigran
Gevorg Martirosian (69 kg), Gevorg Davtian (77 kg) and Tigran Vardan
Martirosian (85 kg), each of whom took a 3rd place and won a bronze
medal at the 29th Beijing Olympic Games.

The President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia Gagik
Tsarukian handed laurel wreaths to the prize-winners and their coaches
and delivered a speech of praise. The RA deputy minister of sport
and youth issues Khachik Asrian also welcomed the Olympians.

Expressing gratitude to the government, heads of sport organizations
and coaches on behalf of the sportsmen, weightlifter Tigran
V. Martirosian promised that they will do their best to strengthen
the prestige of Armenian sports by their new victories.