Armenian Gymnasts in the World Championship 2017

Armenian gymnasts Artur Davtyan, Vahagn Davtyan and Harutyun Merdinyan will take part in the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championship 2017, to be held in Montreal, Canada on 2- 8 October, the Armenian National Olympic Committee (ANOC) reports.

In an interview with the ANOC, head coach of the Armenian artistic gymnastics team, Hakob Serobyan, noted that prior to the championship, the Armenian gymnasts will depart for Paris to take part in the qualifying round of the World Cup scheduled on 16-17 September. Afterwards, the Armenian team will hold a joint training camp with the French and Chinese teams.

In addition, Serobyan noted that another Armenian gymnast Zhora Smbatyan is set to participate in the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival to be held in Győr, Hungary from 22 July to 30 July.

Armenian athletes Artur Davtyan, Artur Tovmasyan and Armen Petrosyan will represent Armenia at the 2017 Summer Universiade scheduled for Taipei, Taiwan on 19-30 August.