Sports: Armenian athletes to take part in the European Youth Olympics Festival

Panorama, Armenia
Dec 20 2018

Armenian athletes are set to participate at the 2019 Winter European Youth Olympics Festival (EYOF 2019) which will take place in the Olympic host city Sarajevo & East Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  The event will take place from 9 to 16 February 2019 and will bring together some 1500 athletes from 50 countries to compete in eight sports.

As the National Olympic Committee reports, at the instruction of the Chairman of the Olympic Committee Gagik Tsarukyan a central headquarters was formed to coordinate the preparation of the Armenian athletes for the competition, including addressing issues related to the necessary sport equipment and organizing training camps.

According to the source, Armenia will be represented by five athletes, figure skater Marina Asoyan, alpine skiers Mayis Yeghiazaryan and Zhirayr Arakelyan, biathlonists Aghasi Sakayan and Anna Rashoyan among them.