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    Emil Lazarian
  • 1 year ago
    • Categories: 2023

Armenian judoka Ashik Andreyan wins gold at IX Games of La Francophonie in Kinshasa

 18:41, 3 August 2023

YEREVAN, AUGUST 3, ARMENPRESS. Armenian judoka Ashik Andreyan has won gold at the extra-lightweight category judo tournament at the IX Games of La Francophonie (2023 Jeux de la Francophonie) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Meanwhile, Team Armenia’s Rima Khlghatyan has won bronze in table tennis, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports said in a press release.

The win brought Armenia’s medal count to 7.

5 freestyle wrestlers representing Armenia previously won medals at the IX Games of La Francophonie – Vrezh Gevorgyan (61kg) and Gevorg Mkheyan (70kg) took gold while Hrachya Margaryan (65kg) and Razmik Simonyan (79kg) took silver, and Arakel Movsesyan (57kg) won bronze.

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