Sports: Government of Armenia releases 50 million drams for awarding best ten athletes of the country in 2019

ARKA, Armenia

Feb 20 2020

YEREVAN, February 20. /ARKA/. The government of Armenia has approved today the release of 50 million drams for awarding the best ten athletes of the country in 2019.

Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Araik Harutyunyan said each of them will receive 5 million drams.

The top ten athletes in 2019 were Arthur Avetisyan (gymnastics), Hovhannes Bachkov (boxing), Arthur Aleksanyan (Greco-Roman wrestling), Slavik Galstyan (Greco-Roman wrestling), Ruben Aleksanyan (weightlifting), Tigran Kirakosyan (sambo) ), Arsen Harutyunyan (freestyle wrestling), Hakob Mkrtchyan (weightlifting), Gor Minasyan (weightlifting) and Simon Martirosyan (weightlifting).

The minister said that the award ceremony will be held on February 21 at the residence of the president. In his turn, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that sport is of strategic importance.

“I want to draw your attention to the fact that our development strategy until 2050 states that before that time Armenian athletes should win Olympic medals, win the world chess championship, and become a prize winner of the World Football Cup and the European Championship,” he said.($1 – 478.63 dram) .– 0–

15:57 20.02.2020

Emil Lazarian

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