Name of 29th Armenian Olympian known

18:09 - 16 Jun, 2016

The number of the Armenian athletes participating in the Rio Olympics has increased by one.

The 29th Armenian Olympian is Armenia’s Shooting Team member Hrach Babayan who will take part in the Games by “Wild card”.

The 20-year-old shooter is a participant of the first European Games held in Baku where he has set a record. He is also a silver medalist of the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games.

ANOC press service

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