KARABAKHI SPORTSMAN BECAME THE WINNER OF A MARATHON IN FRANCE

LRAGIR.AM
16:56:02 – 06/04/2009

According to the information of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Permanent
Representation to France, on April 5, 2009, sportsmen from Nagorno
Karabakh Ashot Hayrapetyan and Arthur Petrossyan partook in the
traditional marathon in Medon, France.

In the contests of 4900-meter distance, in which more than 600
sportsmen took part, Ashot Hayrapetyan won everybody and took the 1st
place. He ran the mentioned distance in 15 minutes and 37 seconds,
thus exceeding the last year winner’s result by 9 seconds.

The second sportsman from Artsakh, Arthur Petrossyan, took the 4th
place among all the participants and the 3rd place among the sportsmen
of his category.

The annual marathon in Medon has taken place since 1990.