ArmenPress News Agency , Armenia
February 8, 2018 Thursday


 Skier Michael Michaelyan says proud to be flag-bearer at 2018 Winter
Olympics Parade of Nations



YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, ARMENPRESS. Skier Michael Michaelyan, Armenia’s
flag-bearer at the 2018 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations at the
opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, says it is a great honor to carry his
country’s flag at the inauguration.

“I feel proud, because without any serious funding we try to represent
our little mountainous Armenia. With our small records, we are trying
to compete with the US, Russia and other countries”, Michaelyan told
ARMENPRESS.

Armenia’s skier Michael Michaelyan will be the country’s flag bearer
at the 2018 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony
in Pyeongchang.

Armenia is the only country in the world to have three athletes from
the same family to become flag bearers. Michaelyan’s mother and
brother were flag bearers of Armenia in the past.

Gagik Bolshikyan, head of Armenia’s delegation to the Winter Olympics
in South Korea, told ARMENPRESS that skiers Katya Galstyan, Ashot
Karapetyan, coaches Arthur Michaelyan and Seyran Harutyunyan, and
Armenian Federation of Skiing boss Gagik Sargsyan will participate in
the parade also.

The opening ceremony of the 23rd Winter Olympics will take place
February 9, 15:00 Yerevan time.

It is an unprecedented event that three members of the same family are
flag-bearers at the Olympic Games.

Michaelyan’s mother was a flag bearer for Armenia at the 1998 18th
Winter Olympics, while his brother carried the flag at the 2014 Sochi
Olympics.