Armenia’s 10 best athletes of 2017 unveiledDecember 25, 2017 - 18:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Captain of the national team and Manchester United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Olympic champion, Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan, grandmaster Levon Aronian were voted among the best athletes of Armenia in 2017. The competition was organized by the ministry of sport and youth affairs. In addition, Grigor Mkhitaryan (sambo fighter), Maksim Manukyan (wrestler), Hovhannes Bachkov (boxer), Simon Martirosyan (weightlifter), Edgar Stepanyan (cyclist), Artur Tovmasyan (gymnast) and Tigran Kirakosyan (sambo fighter) made it to the list of the best athletes. The procedure for identifying the best ten athletes changed in 2017 to center around the achievements in sports and the contribution to raising awareness about Armenia. The public and accredited journalists joined forces to choose the strongest athletes of the passing year, with the former voting through an SMS poll starting from December 11, and the latter joining on Monday, December 25. According to the new procedure, the list contains no classification as all of them are winners. Mkhitaryan was named Armenia's best football player of 2017 for the eighth year, while Aleksanyan was recognized the best sportsman of 2017 by the Federation of Sports Journalists. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |