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    Emil Lazarian
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Sports: Armenia gymnastics team to compete in medal count in European C’ship

MediaMax, Armenia
Aug 1 2018
Armenia gymnastics team to compete in medal count in European C’ship

Secretary General of Armenian Gymnastics Federation Garnik Saroyan has told Mediamax Sport that both senior and junior athletes will be competing for medals.

For the first time, Armenian senior team will be involved in the competition for medal count. Head coach of the team Hakob Serobyan has chosen which athletes will represent Armenia in each exercise.

Floor: Vahagn Davtyan, Artur Davtyan, Vigen Khachatryan.

Pommel horse: Harutyun Merdinyan, Artur Davtyan, Vigen Khachatryan.

Rings: Artur Davtyan, Vahagn Davtyan, Artur Tovmasyan.

Vault: Vigen Khachatryan, Artur Davtyan, Vahagn Davtyan.

Horizontal Bar: Harutyun Merdinyan, Artur Davtyan, Vigen Khachatryan.

Parallel Bars: Vigen Khachatryan, Artur Tovmasyan, Artur Davtyan.

They will compete in the qualifying round on August 9. The final will take place on August 12.

Junior athletes to represent Armenia are Zhora Smbatyan and Gagik Khachikyan. Both will be involved in all around competition on August 3. If they reach the final, we will see Smbatyan and Khachikyan perform on August 10 as well.

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