YEREVAN. – Armenia’s long-jumpers Vardan Pahlevanyan and Arsen Sargsyan, archer Melik Janoyan, and young triple-jumper Levon Aghasaryan are competing successfully to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, Armenian Athletics Federation General Secretary Narine Shahbazyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.        

“Specifically, Pahlevanyan won at the 10th International Robert Emmiyan Tournament and Aghasaryan became sixth at the World Junior Championships. Melik Janoyan was the best at the 5th Pan-Armenian Games. Runners Ashot Hayrapetyan (800 m) and Amalya Sharoyan (400 m hurdles) were outstanding with their good results at the World Championship, and they broke national records,” Shahbazyan noted.     

She also informed that, to qualify for the London Olympics, Armenia’s track and field athletes must meet with a normative requirement in a tournament included in the agenda of the sport’s international federation.