YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. An International Judo Tournament is held on December 3-5 in Tehran, in which 4 sportsmen from Armenia, Gor Azizbekian (60 kg, Artsakh), Paylak Vardazarian (66 kg, Gyumri), Artur Abrahamian (66 kg, Yerevan), and Artak Abrahamian (73 kg, Yerevan) also take part. Armenian national team's coaches Artur Gevorgian and Haroutiun Amirkhanian accompanied them to the competition place. Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed about it by Chairman of Judo Republican Federation Alexan Avetisian, who has lately returned from Athens, where he took part in the work of European Judo Association's 60th jubilee congress. The calendar schedule of the 2009 events was discussed at the congress, and a decision was made to hold the European Youth Championship in Yerevan next September.

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