18-year-old Edgar Stepanyan became the first Armenian cyclist to win a gold medal in a 40-km race at 2015 UEC Under-23 and Junior European Track Championships taking place in Athens, Greece from July 14-19.
Led by Armen Gyozalyan, the head coach of the national team, Mher Mkrtchyan and Pavel Stepanyan also showed good results, Cycling Federation of Armenia reports.
In a 3-kilometer race in the discipline Men’s Individual Pursuit, Edgar Stepanyan ended 9th, while Mkrtchian came up 19th.