Sports: Weightlifter Gor Minasyan declared champion at Taipei Universiade

Panorama, Armenia

Aug 25 2017

Armenia’s men’s weightlifting team member Gor Minasyan (105+kg) has won gold medal at the Taipei Summer Universiade underway in Taiwan. As the National Olympic Committee reported, the Armenian was declared champion by the double-event of 430kg (200+230).
A day earlier weightlifter Simon Martirosyan (105kg) secured gold medal for the Armenian team.

To remind, Armenia is represented by 16 student athletes at Universiade who are competing in 7 sports, including Weightlifting, Diving, Fencing, Gymnastics, Judo, Taekwondo.

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