Young and Promising Armenian Athletes Win 4 Medals at the First CIS Games

At the first CIS Games ongoing in Kazan, Armenian athletes have claimed their first medals. This information was provided by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia.

Since September 2, the first CIS Games have been taking place in Kazan, featuring around 1600 athletes aged 14 to 23. Armenia has 55 representatives at these games, and 4 of them have already won medals.

Hagop Khachatryan (52 kg), Hayk Tadevosyan (54 kg), and David Simonyan (80 kg) from the boxing team have become silver medalists, while Arshak Bablumyan (63 kg) has secured a bronze medal.

Arshavir Grigoryan, the head coach of Armenia's senior youth boxing team, remarked on the athletes' performances, stating that their results were satisfactory. “The medalists are still very young and promising. I am confident that the color of their medals will change in the future. For instance, the expectations for David Simonyan are very high; I believe he will become a European champion and achieve additional successes. These games have provided significant experience for everyone. For instance, Hayk Tadevosyan, one of the medalists, is participating in such a major competition for the first time. We are grateful to the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport and the Armenian Boxing Federation for the opportunity to participate and gain experience,” he said.

From September 7, the performances of Armenian athletes will also be followed from the competition venue by the Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport Vahe Dumanyan and Deputy Minister Karen Giloyan.