40 DISABLED ATHLETES PARTICIPATE IN MARATHON ON OCCASION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY

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September 25, 2012 | 18:16

YEREVAN. – Over 40 disabled athletes participated in the marathon
starting from the Republic Square of Yerevan on the occasion of the
Day of Independence on Tuesday.

The marathon participants reached Yerablur military cemetery and put
a wreath at the memorial to the soldiers killed during the Artsakh
[Nagorno-Karabakh] war.

The race was organized by the Armenian Ministry of Sport and Youth
Affairs along with the Armenian National Olympic Committee. Besides,
organizations dealing with the sport events for disabled people also
participated in the event.

It is the second marathon for the disabled organized on the occasion
of Independence Day.