7th INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR ROBERT EMMIAN’S PRIZES HELD IN GYUMRI

Noyan Tapan

Se p 8, 2008

GYUMRI, SEPTEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The 7th International Competition
for Robert Emmian’s Prizes with the participation of 16 long jumpers
from various countries took place in the city of Gyumri on September
7. Arsen Sargsyan (Vanadzor, Armenia) was announced the winner,
jumping 7.72 meters.

Russian long jumpers Vitaly Shkurlatov (7.49 m) and Alexander Yashin
(7.45 m) were in second and third places respectively. Thus, the
competition’s record of 7.95 m was not broken.

In the women’s competition, the first three places were taken by
Olga Kucherenko (Russia, 6.64 m), Olexandra Stadnyuk (Ukraine, 6.50)
and Yelena Ivanova (Russia, 6.36 m). No one succeeded in breaking
the competition’s record of 6.80 m.