Sports: Armenian swimming team wins 70% of medals at Georgian Championship

PanArmenian, Armenia

– 20:08 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The Under-14 Armenian swimming team showed great results at a Tbilisi-hosted Georgian Championship on May 27-28.

Armenia was represented by 16 swimmers who, however, won 70% of all awards – 32 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze medals.

Among the winning athletes were: Michael Shakhnazarov and Taron Skizas (6 gold medals each); Eva Karapetyan (5 gold, 1 silver), Lusine Vasilyan (3 gold, 2 silver) and Syuzanna Grigoryan (3 gold, 1 silver).

Budapest will host 2017 World Aquatics Championships on July 16-30, with 4 swimmers to represent Armenia.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS