Payvand, Iran
Sept 13 2008

Photos: 40th Armenians Olympics opening ceremony in Tehran

Photos by Amir Kholoosi, ISNA

The opening ceremony of the 40th Iranian Armenians Olympic Games was
held at Tehran’s Ararat Sports Complex at the presence of about 1,200
athletes Friday evening.

According to IRNA Sport Desk, in this year’s games there are also 200
athletes from Armenian and Georgia republics and the participating
athletes would compete in eight fields.

The Armenians Olympics competitions are held in basketball, football,
volleyball, track and field, chess, swimming, table tennis, and
boxing.

The opening ceremony of the games was originally scheduled for
Wednesday evening, September 10th, but due to a fatal road accident in
which 21 Armenian athletes lost their lives on their way to Iran from
Turkey, it was delayed for 48 hours.

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