LOS ANGELES, MARCH 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Men individual skaters performed under the World Figure Skating Championship program on March 25 in Los Angeles. 21-year-old Gegham Vardanian, who was for the first time taking part in such an authoritative tournament, took the 48th place among 52 participants and did not pass to the final. Besides, he was demobilized from the army in 2008 May and trained only 5-6 months. Hungarian Armenian Tigran Vardanian did not pass to the final, either, who took the 31st place. He trains led by his father, USSR twice cup-holder, former Yerevan resident Gurgen Vardanian.

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