GAGIK TSARUKYAN: IT WILL BE A GOOD RESULT IF ARMENIA RANKS TOP TEN AT OLYMPICS
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.02.2010 20:53 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 21 Winter Olympics will be held in the Canadian city
of Vancouver from February 12 to 28. Kristine Khachatryan and Sergey
Mikaelyan (skiing), Ani-Matilda Serebryakyan and Arsen Nersisyan
(downhill skiing) will represent Armenia in the Olympic Games. The
delegation will leave for Vancouver on February 5.
On February 2 the President of the National Olympic Committee of
Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan and the newly appointed Minister of Sport
and Youth Affairs Artur Petrosyan met with journalists and sports
delegation at the Olympic Committee of Armenia. "Because of the
climatic conditions winter sports are not so well developed in our
country. And we do not expect gold or silver medals from the Olympics.
It will be a good result if Armenia ranks top ten at Olympics,"
Tsarukyan said. President of the National Olympic Committee on behalf
of the International Olympic Committee, presented certificates to
members of the Armenian delegation.