Armenia team is already in Buenos Aires, where 2018 Youth Olympic Games will kick off on October 7.
The team has told Mediamax Sport they are settled in the village and looking forward to the opening ceremony.
“The kids are very excited, they can’t wait for the games to start, and they are all eager to perform. Everything is the same as for the senior Olympics,” said head coach of the youth weightlifting team, bronze medalist of 2008 Beijing Olympics Gevorg Davtyan.
European champion Sahak Hovhannisyan is ready for his first Olympics. “All is great in Buenos Aires. We have settled comfortably, and we are all ready to win medals. The mood is excellent in the team,” he said.
Armenia will be represented by 8 athletes in Youth Olympics: weightlifters Karen Margaryan (77kg) and Liana Gyurjyan (63kg), Greco-Roman style wrestler Sahak Hovhanniyan (60kg), shooter Hayk Babayan (pistol), taekwondo athlete Andranik Khachatryan (73kg), swimmer Artur Barseghyan (50m, 100m freestyle and 50m butterfly), artistic gymnast Yulia Vodoplyasova and judoka Yuri Israelyan (55kg).
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