First group of Armenian national team flies to Rio for 2016 summer Olympics

YEREVAN, July 26. /ARKA/. With the sponsorship of Ucom, the first group of the Armenian National Olympic Team flew Monday night to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the press office of the telecommunication company reports.

“The weightlifters’ team is led by the head coach Pashik Alaverdyan, while the athletes will take part in the Summer Olympics under the supervision of the President of the Athletics Federation, Robert Emmiyan,” the press release reports. “Arakel Mirzoyan did not depart together with the weightlifters, but will join the team later. The relatives and friends of the Armenian Olympic Team members had come to see them off.”

Another group of sportsmen departs from Yerevan on Tuesday, in the night. The head of the delegation is Hrachya Rostomyan, the General Secretary of ANOC.

“We are full of hopes, that with the support of the national operator the Armenian National Olympic Team that has left to Rio, will return to Armenia overloaded with gold medals”, Ashot Barseghyan, the head of the brand development and communication unit at Ucom, is quoted in the press release.

Armenia is sending 33 participants in eight sports to this year’s Olympics - the record high since it declared independence in 1990.

Ucom was established in 2007. Ucom, one of the flagship companies at Armenia’s telecommunication market, provides a wide range of services, including a high-speed Internet, IP television, digital telephony and mobile telecommunication. The company connects its customers to 170 TV channels. --0----

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12:52 07/26/2016