Armenia has won its first skiing medal this season thanks to 19-year-old Mikael Mikaelyan, who took the gold for 10km freestyle race in international qualifying tournament in Saariselkä, Finland.
The young athlete came out the winner among 45 participants, all a year older than him, and earned 79.12 points. Mikaelyan is very close to securing a place in 2019 World Cup finals.
Other Armenia representatives were also involved in Saariselkä tournament. Tadevos Poghosyan finished 12th, Arman Matinyan was 29th, and Katya Galstyan came 23rd.
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