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Asbarez Armenian News

July 31 2017

Armenia’s Men and Women’s U16 Teams Become FIBA Champions

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Armenia’s U16 won the gold in the FIBA championships

ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra–Team Armenia, which dominated from the first day of the FIBA European Championships and, and finished the tournament with six wins in as many games won the gold, a day after beating Azerbaijan 88-76 in the U16 (under 16) competition, reported the International Basketball Federation, commonly known as FIBA. Armenia’s Women’s U16 team also won the championship when it beat Malta 63-44.

On Sunday, Armenia U18 beat Gibraltar 88-70 triumph to claim not only their first gold at the event, but also their first-ever medal at the FIBA U16 European Championship, Division C.

Georgii Shakhnazarov led the way in the final with 27 points, connecting on 4-of-10 from three-point range. Aleksey Chizhenok had a higher player efficiency rating, a game-high 38, with his 20 points on 9-of-14 from the field, 18 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 steals. David Karamyan scored 17 points, Nikita Galtsev was the leading rebounder with 20 points, and he also had 10 points in the Final, FIBA reported.

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Armenia’s Anna Aslanian was named the MVP of the women’s U16 Championships

On Saturday, Armenia beat Azerbaijan in the U16 competition with a score of 88-76

Anna Aslanian of the Armenia’s U16 team secured her the most valuable player honors, paving the way for Armenia’s 63-44 win over Malta in the 2017 FIBA U16 Women’s European Championship Division C finals.

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Armenia goes head to head with Azerbaijan, winning 88-76

Aslanian took home the trophy after averaging 17.4 points, 16.2 rebounds, 3.6 block,s and 3.6 assists per game for the gold medal winner, Armenia. She scored in double-digits in every single game, including a monster performance in Armenia’s win in the final versus Malta on July 29, with 22 points, 31 rebounds, and 12 blocks.

The entire team from Malta had six blocks throughout the Championship. Aslanian saved twice as many just for the Final outing, finishing the game with 22 points, 31 rebounds, 12 blocks and sevan assists. She almost singlehandedly outrebounded Malta, who had 39 rebounds.

Aslanian’s performance gave her a 57 player efficiency rating, and she had a nice supporting cast in Kristina Melikyan and Ani Hovhannisyan. Melikyan collected 17 points, Hovhannisyan had 16, as Armenia played superb defense in the second half and held Malta to just 19 points after the break.

Malta struggled with their shooting percentage, connecting on 19-of-79 shots from the field. With such a poor shooting performance, they could not make their 18-7 edge in steals count. Michaela Zammit Cordina was their lone ranger in double figures with 15 points.

Joining Aslanian in the All-Star Five in the tournament are Mariam Okropiridze, Agnesa Rrahmani, Mireya Benitez Lopez, and Michela Zammit Cordina. Okropiridze had 32 points for Georgia in the Third-Place Game, hitting 6-of-13 from the great beyond, and her tournament averages were 19 points and six assists per outing.

http://asbarez.com/165245/armenias-men-and-womens-u16-teams-become-fiba-champions/

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news.am, Armenia

Aug 4 2017

Armenia schoolchildren win medals at international Olympiads

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YEREVAN. – Despite the absence of modern laboratories, the schoolchildren of Armenia win medals at international Olympiads, biology teacher Gayane Ghukasyan said at a press conference on Friday.

She noted that this year the country’s schoolchildren have won 4 silver and 7 bronze medals and received 2 certificates of honor, but added that the respective situation is worse in the neighboring countries.

In turn, Ashot Arakelyan, head of the Public Education Department at the Ministry of Education and Science, said Team Armenia has never returned from an Olympiad without medals.

“Armenia doesn’t ‘lose it’ even alongside such countries as China and the US,” he added.

 

https://news.am/eng/news/403516.html

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Armenian Wrestler Wins Silver at Jr. World Championships

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TAMPERE, Finland (ArmRadio)—Armenia Greco-Roman wrestler Malkhas Amoyan (66kg) has won silver at the Junior World Championships. As the National Olympic Committee of Armenia reports, the Armenian athlete lost in the finals against Amir Yavar of Iran.

Another representative of Armenia Tigran Minasyan suffered a defeat in the tough fight against Emin Severshavin of Russia in the bout for the bronze medal with both athletes gaining equal points, the source said.

http://asbarez.com/165381/armenian-wrestler-wins-silver-at-jr-world-championships/

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Public Radio of Armenia

Aug 8 2017

Armenian students succeed at the International Mathematics Competition

15:08, 08 Aug 2017

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The 24th International Mathematics Competition passed in Bulgaria from July 31 to August 6. There were 71 universities teams with 331 participants.

According to the Press Service of RA Ministry of Education and Science, Armenian participants were from Yerevan State University, American University of Armenia and Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University. The Armenian teams won two golden, two silver, and two bronze medals.

The Yerevan State University team has occupied the 7th place which is higher than it ever did before. The highest place in previous years was the 15th.

The first place belongs to the national team of Israel, followed by the Saint-Petersburg State University and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology teams.

https://www.armradio.am/en/2017/08/08/armenian-students-succeed-at-the-international-mathematics-competition/

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PanArmenian, Armenia

Aug 12 2017

Armenian girls team stuns Google experts with sign language app (video)

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PanARMENIAN.Net - An Armenian team of young women was selected among the finalists and won the People's Choice Award in a months-long app-building competition, The Technovation Challenge, organized by Google at the company’s campus.

More than 11,000 girls from 103 countries formed teams to address issues in several categories: peace, poverty, environment, equality, education, and health. This week, the finalists traveled to Google’s headquarters in Mountain View to pitch their ideas to a panel of tech leaders and other experts.

The Armenian team was comprised of Aghavni Hakobyan, Sona Avetisyan, Svetlana Davtyan, Violeta Mkrtchyan, Vardanush Nazaretyan, Google said in a blog post.

When a deaf classmate visited their school, the team of five girls from the village of Karbi, Aragatsotn village, came up with the idea for an app -- aptly called Armenian Sign Language -- to help people learn Armenian sign language using videos of sign gestures. Armenian Sign Language was developed to help connect those with poor hearing and those with good hearing. The app is suitable for English and Armenian speakers of all ages.

Four girls from Kazakhstan behind a safety app called QamCare were crowned the winner of the Senior Division and will receive $15,000.

Armenia, other finalists Kenya and India will receive $10,000 each.

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/245575/Armenian_girls_team_stuns_Google_experts_with_sign_language_app

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Panorama, Armenia

Aug 17 2017

Armenia’s Levon Aronian solely wins St. Louis Rapid 2017

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The Rapid event of the Rapid and Blitz competition, the fourth stop on the Grand Chess Tour 2017 taking place at Saint Louis, U.S is over, with Armenian GM Levon Aronian becoming the sole winner of the event.

In the final three rounds of the tournament held yesterday, Aronian outplayed Karjakin and Dominguez, drawing with Nakamura, Chess.am reports.

Collecting a total of 12 points, the Armenian GM became the sole winner of the event. Nakamura and Caruana shared 2-3 spots with 11 points apiece. 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov lost his two games and drew one, sharing 8-10 positions with 7 points.

The Blitz chess will kick off on Thursday. The event will run two days, with 9 rounds to be played each day.

http://www.panorama.am/en/news/2017/08/17/Levon-Aronian-win-St-Louis-Rapid/1821410

 

 

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Aravot, Armenia
Aug 19 2017


Armenian gymnast sets ‘Guinness’ record for 92 rotations on high bar

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Four-times record-holder David Fahradyan set the next fifth record making 92 rotations in a row on a high bar with a reverse grasp in the USA in 2016. At the meeting with journalists, David Fahradyan informed that recently he has received the record certificate. “The record application was accepted, and a few months later we received the online certificate, and now we have received the original certificate itself. Such a record was not made by any gymnast, I had been training for about three years. This is the fifth record: it’s unique in gymnastics, to have 5 certificates”, noted David Fahradyan.

He noted that high bar is one of the forms of gymnastics: “Rotations are unusual, I hold on the bar almost with two fingers, with my arms in opposite position. Preparing for the record took a long time. I made 94 rotations, the application was for 51 rotations, but I surpassed within 2 minutes and 18 seconds”.

David Fahradyan has been going in for gymnastics since he was 7 years old. He has founded a gymnastics school. He teaches at YSU Sports Department.

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Ֆրանսիայի մայրաքաղաք Փարիզում մեկնարկել է ըմբշամարտի աշխարհի 2017 թվականի առաջնությունը։ 98 կգ քաշային կարգում հանդես եկող Ռիոյի օլիմպիական խաղերի չեմպիոն Արթուր Ալեքսանյանն եզրափակչում 3։1 հաշվով հաղթեց Ռուսաստանը ներկայացնող Մուսա Եվլոևին՝ նվաճելով աշխարհի չեմպիոնի տիտղոսը։ Սա Արթուրի 3-րդ չեմպիոնական տիտղոսն է։
Նշենք, որ Արթուրը պայքարն սկսեց 1/16 եզրափակչից, որտեղ 3։1 հաշվով հաղթեց Իրանի ներկայացուցչին, 1/8 եզրափակչում 10։1 հաշվով առավելության հասավ ԱՄՆ-ի ներկայացուցիչ Թրեյսի Հանքոքի նկատմամբ, ¼ եզրափակչում 6։2 հաշվով հաղթեց վրացի Ռևազի Նադարեիշվիլիին, ում, անարդար մրցավարության պատճառով, պարտվել էր Թբիլիսիի մրցաշարին։ Կիսաեզրափակչում մեր ըմբիշը 58 վայրկյանում 8։0 հաշվով հաղթեց ուզբեկ Ռուստեմ Ասակալովին։


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Armenia’s Levon Aronian Wins Chess ‘Rapid & Blitz’ Tournament
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Levon Aronian at the “Rapid & Blitz” tournament

ST. LOUIS, MO—Armenia’s chess grandmaster Levon Aronian on Saturday won the Rapid and Blitz competition, which was the fourth stop on the Grand Chess Tour 2017.

Earlier Aronian had won the Rapid event of the competition, while Sergey Karjakin of Russia became the winner of the Blitz competition.

Since the winner of the tournament is determined on the basis of the overall scores of the two sections, Aronian became the winner with a total of 24․5 points.

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Panorama, Armenia

Aug 21 2017

Armenia’s Karen Movsisyan named winner of the European Senior Championship

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Karen Movsisyan of Armenian was named winner of the 17th European Senior Chess Championship (50+) for Men concluded in Sabadell, Spain, the National Olympic Committee reported.

According to the source, the Armenian GM has earned 7 points out of 9, leaving behind representatives of Russia Yevgeni Kalegin and Genadi Tunik.

To note, the veteran tournament was organized in 9-round Swiss system and was attended by 51 chess players.

http://www.panorama.am/en/news/2017/08/21/Karen-Movsisyan/1822930

 

 

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Փարիզ-2017. Մաքսիմ Մանուկյանը կիսաեզրափակչում է

16:10 22.08.2017

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Հիշեցնենք` Մաքսիմ Մանուկյանը պայքարը սկսել էր որակավորման փուլից, որտեղ 10:1 հաշվով առավելության էր հասել իրանցի Յոզեֆ Ղադերիանի նկատմամբ:

1/8 եզրափակչում էլ Մաքսիմ Մանուկյանը 8:4 հաշվով հաղթել էր շվեդ Ալեքս Կեսիդիսին:

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Maksim Manukyan

Maksim Manukyan

PARIS—A day after Olympic gold medalist Artur Aleksanyan became the world wrestling champ in the 98kg category, his fellow team member Maksim Manukyan clenched the same title on Tuesday in the 80kg category during World Wrestling Championships in the French capital.

Manukyan competed against Belarus’s Radik Koulin and beat him with a score of 5:2.

Manukyan was born in 1987 and competed in the Rio Olympics last year.

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Panorama, Armenia

Aug 24 2017

Weightlifter Simon Martirosyan conquered gold medal at Taipei Universiade

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Armenia’s men’s weightlifting team member Simon Martirosyan (105kg) has won gold medal at the Taipei Summer Universiade underway in Taiwan. As the National Olympic Committee reported, the Armenian was declared champion by the double-event of 401kg (180+221), only slightly failing to set a new record.

To remind, Armenia is represented by 16 student athletes at Universiade who are competing in 7 sports, including Weightlifting, Diving, Fencing, Gymnastics, Judo, Taekwondo.

http://www.panorama.am/en/news/2017/08/24/Weightlifter-Simon-Martirosyan-conquered-gold-medal-at-Taipei-Universiade/1824567

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ARKA, Armenia

Sept 27 2017

Armenia’s Aronian wins FIDE World Cup

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YEREVAN, September 27. /ARKA/. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian has clinched his second FIDE World Cup title and the $120,000 first prize 12 years after winning it for the first time in Russian Khanty-Mansiysk. In today's tiebreak against Ding Liren of China Aronian won both rapid games.

Before the tiebreak they played four classic games that ended in draw - 2: 2. The FIDE World Cup is hosted by Tbilisi, Georgia, from September 2nd to 28th. Some 128 players were allowed to play under the knockout system.

Aronian has also qualified as a candidate to fight for world chess champion title, which will be held in March 2018 in Berlin, Germany. -0-

http://arka.am/en/news/sport/armenia_s_aronian_wins_fide_world_cup_/

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Panorama, Armenia

Sept 29 2017

Weightlifter Liana Gyurjyan grabs 3 gold at U15 European Championships

The Armenian girls' weightlifting team entered the competition at the U15 and U17 European Weightlifting Championships underway in Pristina, Kosovo on Thursday.

Liana Gyurjyan (69kg) captured three gold medals in the U15 Girls Competition, the National Olympic Committee reported.

She lifted a total of 183 kg, registering 78kg in snatch and 105kg in clean and jerk, winning gold for both events.

https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2017/09/29/Weightlifter-Liana-Gyurjyan-gold-European-Championships/1842132

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Pan Armenian, Armenia

Oct 13 2017

U.S. army General hails Armenian soldiers as 'selfless and skilled'

Current Adjutant General of Kansas Lee Tafanelli has commended Armenian soldiers as selfless and skilled in a recent interview with the Voice of America.

Tafanelli said that Armenian servicemen are always ready to acquire new skills and share their knowledge with others.

The General said that a squad of Armenian soldiers visits the U.S. state of Kansas each year, live and train alongside American troops.

According to him, the United States wants to strengthen Armenia's defense capabilities in a number of areas, including the field of emergency management.

Also, Tafanelli said the U.S. is helping Armenian soldiers correspond to the high standards of NATO troops.

http://panarmenian.net/m/eng/news/247557

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PanArmenian, Armenia

Oct 17 2017

Armenian fighters take whopping 8 medals at World Championships

Armenian sambo fighters have won whopping eight medals at the Junior World Championshipsat Serbia's SPENS Arena.

Armen Nikoghosyan (56 kg) and Boris Shatveryan (75 kg) took a silver medal each, while Narek Hambardzumyan (87kg) won bronze.

Also, Feliks Danielyan (48kg), Vahagn Chalyan (82kg) and Artur Manukyan (52kg) won a bronze medal each, while Grigor Sahakyan (90kg) snatched the gold.

From the girls' team, Anna Mkrtchyan (+80kg) took silver, Armenia's Sambo Federation said.

http://panarmenian.net/m/eng/news/247702

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PanArmenian, Armenia

Oct 17 2017

93-year-old Armenian man may be the world's oldest masters diver

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Even at 93 years old, Tom Hairabedian is diving head-first into competition.

The oldest masters level diver in the world, known as “Dr. Dive”, began competing at 17 years old, and though he’s slowed down a bit, he’s still performing dives most people decades younger wouldn’t even dream of attempting, FanSided says.

According to the International Swimming Hall of Fame, where Hairabedian has been a member since 2007, he developed his “can do it” mentality from his mother and father, who survived the Armenian Genocide and served as a Captain in the Russian Army, respectively.

He competed on USC’s diving team and then went on to become the head swimming and diving coach at Central Missouri State University.

At the Masters level, he has more than 140 national titles and 16 world titles.

He even takes his dives all the way up to the 10-meter platform (that’s 32 feet). Check out his backflip from that height when he was 90 years old.

Born in 1924, Hairbedian is capable of putting on a show off the diving boards, too. In July, he played the national anthem on his harmonica at the USA Masters Games in Carlsbad, Calif.

He has a doctorate degree in physical education and follows a raw foods diet, and it’s paid off. He doesn’t have any metal holding his body together, like many of his friends who are former divers, and he reports no major health issues.

http://panarmenian.net/m/eng/news/247712

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Panorama, Armenia

Oct 18 2017

Three Armenian players granted chess Grandmaster title by FIDE

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) granted Armenian chess players Manuel Petrosyan, Hayk Martirosyan, and Arman Mikayelyan chess Grandmaster (GM) titles during the organization’s 88th congress. As the Chess Federation of Armenia reported, another Armenian player Rafayel Bakunts received a title of international master (IM), while Sona Asatryan earned International Woman Master (IWM) for the impressive victory at the U-18 European Championship.

https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2017/10/18/Three-Armenian-players-granted-chess-Grandmaster-title-by-FIDE/1851881

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Panorama, Armenia

Oct 21 2017

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Weightlifter Arpine Dalalyan declared U-20 European Champion

The last the of the competition at the U-20 and U-23 European Weightlifting Championships is held today in Durres, Albania. As the National Olympic Committee reported, the representative of Armenia Arpine Dalalyan competing in the 90+ weight class won the champion’s title with a total score of 228 kg. The Armenian athlete claimed gold medals both in the snatch (97kg) and clean and jerk (131kg).

Four representatives of Armenia – Samvel Gasparyan (105kg), Simon Martirosyan (105kg), Mkrtich Mkrtchyan (105kg), and Gor Minasyan (105 kg) are set to compete for medals today.

https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2017/10/21/Weightlifter-Arpine-Dalalyan-declared-U-20-European-Champion/1853761