Works have been done in the field of physical education and sport to improve the condition of the sport federations and sports schools, to provide technical equipment, to organize sporting events, to ensure the participation of athletes in Armenian, European, World Championships and international tournaments.
2493 Artsakh Athletes Participated in Tournaments and Championships in 2019
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 27, ARTSAKHPRESS: As “Artsakhpress” reports, Minister of Education, Science and Sport of Artsakh Republic, Narine Aghabalyan told a press conference today. She informed that 33 teaching and training sessions and 2 seminar-trainings were held in 2019.
2493 athletes participated in tournaments and championships. "In 2019, 7 sportsmen were awarded with honorary titles of Artsakh Republic, 1 athlete was awarded with the" Vachagan Barepasht "medal. Artsakh President awarded 145 athletes and 34 coaches with monetary awards who won prizes in the Armenian, European and World Championships. The minister also noted that unprecedented sporting events were organized during the reporting period.
“The European Football Championship-2019 under the auspices of the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) with the participation of 8 teams was organized in Artsakh. The 7th Pan-Armenian Games were organized in August by the initiative of the World Committee of the Pan-Armenian Games. Delegations and thousands of spectators from 161 cities of 35 countries arrived in Artsakh. In July, "Dancing without Borders" International Dance Competition was held in Artsakh,” Aghabalyan concluded.
