YEREVAN. - World champion in weightlifting Nazik Avdalyan was discharged from hospital on Friday, Spokeswoman for Armenian Health Minister Shushan Hunanyna told Armenian News-NEWS.am. According to her, the champion is recovering and she herself walked home.

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 on April 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.

Previously, 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.