#Armenian athletes at the #Winter #Olympics! flag waving at the opening ceremonies
The opening ceremony of the 23rd Winter Olympic Games kicked off in Pyeongchan, South Korea.
The Armenian delegation has already participated in the Olympic Parade. Mikayel Mikayelyan was Armenia’s flagbearer. Head of Delegation Gagik Bolshikyan, Olympians Katya Galstyan, Ashot Karapetyan, as well as coaches of skiing and ski racing Armenian national teams Arthur Mikaelyan and Seyran Harutyunyan and Secretary General of the Armenian Ski Federation Gagik Sargsyan also participated in the Olympic Parade.
As reported earlier, Armenia has three representatives at Pyeongchan 2018: cross-country skiers Mikayel Mikayelyan, Katya Galstyan and alpine skier Ashot Karapetyan. Katya Galstyan participated in Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
Armenian athletes will compete on February 13. Mikayel Mikayelyan and Katya Galstyan will perform first.
Russian athletes took part in the Olympic Games in the parade under the Olympic flag.
Due to the Russian doping controversy, the International Olympic Committee will only permit certain Russian athletes to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics under the designation Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR).
South Korean and North Korean delegations took part in the parade together, although both countries are in war.
A total of 102 medals will be up for grabs this year in 15 events.
A total of 2,925 athletes from 92 countries will take part in PyeongChang 2018, and this is a record number in the history of Winter Olympics. Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore made their WinterGames debut at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018.
The competition schedules of Armenia’s representatives are as follows:
Katya Galstyan: Ladies’ Sprint Classic Qualification, February 13, 12:30pm (Armenia time)
Mikayel Mikayelyan: Men’s Sprint Classic Qualification, February 13, 13:05pm.
Katya Galstyan: Ladies’ 10km Free, February 15, 10:30am
Mikayel Mikayelyan: Men’s 15km Free, February 16, 10am
Ashot Karapetyan: Men’s Giant Slalom Run 1, February 18, 5:15am
Ashot Karapetyan: Men’s Slalom Run 1, February 22, 5:15am.
President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan has announced a plan for funding an Olympic center development project in a sporting resort.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided it can pick both Los Angeles and Paris as Olympic host cities in September when the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games rights should be awarded at the same time.
Olympic champion Artur Aleksayan and silver medalist Migran Arutyunyan received apartments worth $1 million each from Armenia and the National Olympic Committee, Tert.am reports.
The plane carrying Armenia’s Olympic team landed in Yerevan on the early hours of Saturday, August 27, with Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, presidents of the National Olympic Committee Gagik Tsarukyan meeting the athletes at the Zvartnots airport.
Armenian wrestler Artur Aleksanyan’s victory at the 31st Olympic games in Rio was celebrated with fireworks and mass festivities in Armenia’s second city Gyumri after midnight on August 17, when Aleksanyan was named Olympic champion.
The Armenian Artur Aleksanyan (23) in the colors of Armenia is in the final of the Greco-Roman wrestling at the Olympic Games in Rio.
Women weightlifters at 69kg weight class started the competition on the fifth day of the 31st Summer Olympic Games, Panorama.am said.
Armenian athletes begin their competition in the 31st Olympic Games today, August 6.
Swimmers Vahan Mkhitaryan and Monika Vasilyan joined the 31 Armenian athletes who have qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics.