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Sports: Armenians win five medals at Deaflympic games

ARKA, Armenia

YEREVAN, July 28. /ARKA/. Armenia's national team won four bronze and one silver medals at the XXIII Deaflympic (previously called World Games for the Deaf) summer games held in Samsun, Turkey, Astghik Martirosyan, a spokeswoman for the ministry of sports and youth affairs, told journalists on Friday.

"Armenia was represented by 10 athletes at the competitions. Judo wrestler Robert Gevorgyan became the vice-champion of the games. Armenian wrestlers won four bronze medals. They are free style wrestler Sargis Sargsyan (57 kg) and Greco-Roman wrestlers Zhora Grigoryan (71 kg), Narek Nikoghosyan (80 kg) and Ararat Sargsyan (75 kg)," Martirosyan said.

According to Martirosyan, the Armenian judo wrestler failed to win a gold medal because of biased refereeing. In his turn Robert Gevorgyan stated that he will continue to train and will represent Armenia at the next Deaflympics games. He expressed hope that he will be able to win a gold medal and raise the flag of Armenia.

"In the final, my opponent was a Turkish judoist, it was a really serious fight, I did everything to win a medal for Armenia, but it was very difficult to fight the Turk," Gevorgyan said. -0–

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
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