GYUMRI, SEPTEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The 7th International Competition for Robert Emmian's Prizes with the participation of 16 long jumpers from various countries took place in the city of Gyumri on September 7. Arsen Sargsyan (Vanadzor, Armenia) was announced the winner, jumping 7.72 meters. Russian long jumpers Vitaly Shkurlatov (7.49 m) and Alexander Yashin (7.45 m) were in second and third places respectively. Thus, the competition's record of 7.95 m was not broken. In the women's competition, the first three places were taken by Olga Kucherenko (Russia, 6.64 m), Olexandra Stadnyuk (Ukraine, 6.50) and Yelena Ivanova (Russia, 6.36 m). No one succeeded in breaking the competition's record of 6.80 m.

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