AZARYAN NOT ALLOWED TO CARRY THE ARMENIAN FLAG DURING THE OLYMPICS
10:48 . 30/07
The organisers of the 30th Olympic Games didn’t allow known Soviet
athlete, triple Olympic champion, four-time world champion, double
European champion, and eleven-time Soviet champion, 83 years old
Albert Azaryan to carry the Armenian flag during the opening ceremony
of the Olympic Games.
NovostiNK informs, the organizers substantiated their decision by the
age of the legendary athlete. Still several months ago, by the decision
of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs and the National Olympic
Committee, Albert Azaryan was to carry the flag. But in Armenia they
were puzzled that the flag was carried by Arman Yeremyan (taekwondo).
To recall, Albert Azaryan carried the Armenian flag in the opening
Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where Armenian athletes
won 6 bronze medals.
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