KARABAKH FLAG FLEW IN THE TOURNAMENT
Azat Artsakh – Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
29 April 05
The sanda wushu team of Karabakh (director and chief coach Harutyun
Adamian) participated in the international open tournament of sanda
wushu in Yerevanon April 22 – 24. The four sportsmen from Karabakh
were extremely successful. Davit Grigorian from Stepanakert won the
gold. Garegin Aghabalian (Stepanakert), Nver Aghajanian (Astghashen)
and Aram Martirossian (Noragyugh) respectively took the fourth
places. According to Harutyun Adamian, the victory of Davit Grigorian
is not just a personal achievement. It is first of all the victory of
the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. He kept the flag of Karabakh flying
at the tournament. In reference to the current and future plans of the
NKR federation of wushu Harutyun Adamian said that the federation has
been operating in the republic since 1988, on a free of charge
basis. The founder and president of the federation was Karo
Kebabchian, in the beginning it had 22 branches but now only 9 of them
are operating because of financial problems involving 350- 400
children. According to the coach of the team, Karen Ghazarian, a week
ago a closed wushu tournament of the federation was held in Noragyugh
dedicated to the memory of Vitaly Petrossian from Noragyugh killed at
war in Artsakh. The Karabakh federation of wushu is going to take part
in the open wushu tournament in Moscow. Besides, after achieving
excellent results in Yerevan the Karabakh sportsmen were invited to
take part in international wushu tournaments abroad. The federation
of wushu plans to hold an open tournament in Nagorno Karabakh to which
the team of the Republic of Armenia will be invited too.
AA.
29-04-2005
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress