YEREVAN. World champion in weightlifting Nazik Avdalyan will soon be discharged from hospital, Spokeswoman for Armenian Health Minister Shushan Hunanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. The champion is recovering and is walking step by step, she noted.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, Nazik Avdalyan had undergone a spinal fixation (vertebral) surgery on April 28.

She had a car accident in Armenia, on Gyumri-Vanadzor highway, near Jajur village onApril 26. She was taken to Gyulbenkyan hospital in Gyumri. Avdalyan suffered a spinal fracture and received an injury of bone marrow.

Avdalyan was transferred to Erebuni medical centre in Yerevan on Wednesday. The athlete was hospitalized with diagnosis of combined spinal and chest trauma.

On January 3, 2011 Nazik Avdalyan had another car accident in Artik town. Her Mercedes collided with a barrier near a military unit. The champion was not injured at that time.