ARMENIAN BOXER QUALIFIES FOR BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 31, ARMENPRESS:An Armenian boxer has qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing after upsetting a South Korean rival reaching the quarter-final of the world boxing championship in Chicago, USA. The boxer is Eduard Hambardzumian, 64 kg. Regardless of his further performance he has won the right to represent his country in 2008 Games. Eduard Hambardzumian has become the fifth Armenian athlete to qualify for the Games. Others are Greco-Roman style wrestler Arman Adikian, shooter Norayr Bakhtamyan and judoists Hovhaness Davtian and Armen Nazarian. President of the Armenian National Olympic Committee Gagik Tsarukian has pledged a $700,000 reward for a gold medal of the Olympics.