ARMENIAN SPORTSMEN ENSURE 19 TRIP TICKETS TO OLYMPIC GAMES IN BEIJING
arminfo
2008-04-29 20:19:00
ArmInfo. Armenian sportsmen ensured 19 trip tickets to the forthcoming
Olympic Games in Beijing, however, the complete team of the sportsmen
is not determined yet, President of the National Olympic Committee
of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan told ArmInfo correspondent.
According to him, the team of the sportsmen who will represent Armenia
at the Olympic Games in Beijing will include weightlifters, boxers,
judoists, wrestlers and shots. "Our sportsmen will take part in three
large competitions, and we expect these competitions to bring Armenia 5
more Olympic trip tickets", Tsarukyan said. He added that the sportsmen
are ready gain victory in China, a country with 1.5 bln population, "to
raise the state flag of Armenia, a country with 1.5 mln population".