Sports: Skier Mikayel Mikayelyan to bear Armenia’s flag at Olympics 2018 opening ceremony

Emil Lazarian 2018
Panorama, Armenia
Feb 8 2018
Sport 19:23 08/02/2018Armenia

Skier Mikayel Mikayelyan will bear Armenia’s flag at the solemn opening ceremony of 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang tomorrow, the National Olympic Committee reported.

Gagik Bolshikyan, the head of Armenia’s delegation to the Pyeongchang 2018, skiers Katya Galstyan and Ashot Karapetyan, coaches Artur Mikayelyan and Seyran Harutyunyan, as well as Secretary General of Armenian Ski Federation Gagik Sargsyan will also take part in the Winter Olympics Parade of Nations.

The 23rd Winter Olympic Games kick off on Friday, at 3 p.m. Yerevan time.

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