Olympics: Gold medal for Dutch Armenian Water Polo Player

Abovian Armenian Cultural Association
Address: Weesperstraat 91
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Press Release

Biurakn Hakhverdian with gold medal at Beijing Olympics 2008

The Hague, 21 August 2008 – Armenian-Dutch water polo player Biurakn
Hakhverdian, see:
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playing under nr. 4 in Dutch water polo team got gold medal as The
Netherlands won the gold medal in the Women’s Water Polo competition beating
the United States 9-8.

On Monday, 25 August 2008, at 3.30 p.m. a public reception ceremony will
take place at the Olympisch Stadion (Olympic Stadium) in Amsterdam honouring
the entire Dutch Olympic athletes.

On Wednesday, 27 August 2008 Dutch Queen Beatrix will receive the medallists
in Palace Huis ten Bosch, followed by a roundtrip by open top buses in city
centre of The Hague. Finally an official reception honouring the medallists
will take place at the Ridderzaal in The Hague.

Holland is number 10 in the medal ranking of 2008 Olympics in Beijing with 7
gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals (up to present).

You can watch a short video of Olympics Medal Ceremony is to at: (QuickTime
plug-in is required)
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Ath
http://gallery.me.com/mhakhverdian#10014
www.abovian.nl

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