Armenian athletics to record new achievements: Robert Emmiyan

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 31, ARMENPRESS. The Chairman of the Athletics Federation of Armenia, legendary long jumper, European record holder Robert Emmiyan sees qualitatively new “heights” in the development of the Armenian athletics. In a conversation with “Armenpress” Robert Emmiyan stated that holding the conference of the Association of the Balkan Athletic Federations (ABAF) summing up the annual activity of the organization in Yerevan proves that Armenia enjoys vast international trust.

Previously, the leadership of the International Athletics Federation and Association of the Balkan Athletic Federations (ABAF), headed by the Vice President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), legendary sportsman Sergei Bubka, was received in the presidential residence.

The participants of the meeting, including representatives of the member states and among them a group of the athletes of international repute, have arrived to Armenia to participate at the year-end Summit of the national Federations-members of the ABAF. The Summit was held in Yerevan on October 27-30 and will recap the sporting results of the passing year. Armenia became a member of this Association in 2012 and according to the guests has already registered certain success in the developing athletics which warranted the organization of the ABAF Summit in Yerevan.

At the meeting, Sergei Bubka and leaders of the Federations presented to Serzh Sargsyan activities of the Association of the Balkan Athletic Federations and upcoming events. They expressed readiness to continue together with the International Association of Athletics Federations to assist the Athletics Federation of Armenia in boosting the development of athletics in Armenia. The guests stressed the importance and hailed Armenia’s considerable attention towards that sport, which in their opinion, is an important guarantee for the development of athletics.