YEREVAN, MARCH 23, NOYAN TAPAN. 5 from 8 Armenian sportsmen, Edmond Muradian, Arayik Avetisian, Sos Karapetian, Norayr Avetisian and Karlen Minasian, were awarded the first prize, gold medal, and Karen Karapetian and Karlen Minasian were awarded silver medals and Tigran Sedrakian was awarded bronze medal at the 20th championship of duel types held on March 2-4 in the city of Ontario, the state of California. As Docendo Full Contact Karate Federation Chairman Haik Vardanian stated at the March 22 press conference, representatives of 32 countries participated in the championship. Sportsmen of Armenia competed in different weight categories and, besides individual victories, had team victories as well, again occupying the first place, owing to gathered common points. In H. Vardanian's words, the Armenian sporstmen's victory was accepted with great inspiration by the Armenian community of California. He also mentioned that the federation sportsmen will compete in November in the championship of the Docendo professional league to take place in Las Vegas. The federation acting in Armenia from 1995 participated in different international tournaments, having world champions, cup winners.

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