About 3000 people join Olympic Run in Yerevan
June 25, 2011 – 11:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – By decision of the Armenian National Olympic
Committee, events dedicated to the Olympic Day traditionally
celebrated on June 23 are held throughout the republic.
The day in Yerevan started with a run which brought together about
3000 people, including students, sportsmen and disabled people. The
winners are supposed to get certificates and money awards.
Olympic Day was introduced in 1948 to commemorate the birth of the
modern Olympic Games on June 23, 1894 at the Sorbonne in Paris. The
goal was to promote participation in sport across the globe regardless
of age, gender or athletic ability.
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