ANN/GROONG - Sydney Olympics - Day 4

Sydney Olympics - Day 4

Armenian News Network / Groong
September 15, 2000
SPORTS Wire

by Arto Poladian

SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

DAY 4

TEAM ARMENIA

1. Boxing 51 Kg

VAKHTANG DARCHINYAN (Armenia) vs To be advised

Darchinyan was born 7 January 1976 he weighs 53 Kg and is 162 cm tall.
He is a student who came in first in the European cup 1998 & first in
European Clubs Cup 1999.

RESULT : Competition did not take place by draw.
Darchinyan moves on to round 2 (24 September).


2. TENNIS Mens Singles First Round

SARKIS SARKISSIAN (Armenia) vs KRISTIAN PLESS (Denmark)

Sarkissian was born 3 June 1973 he weighs 75 Kg and is 180 cm.
He became a professional tennis player in 1995, ranked 57th in 1997.

RESULT: Out of competition. Lost 1st set 3 - 6 2nd set 4 - 6



ARMENIAN ATHLETES COMPETING ON OTHER TEAMS
(To the best of our knowledge)

DAY FOUR Boxing 51 Kg

VARDAN ZAKARIAN (Germany) vs WIJAN PONLID (Thailand)
RESULT: Lost. Referee stopped contest out classed in round four after
53 seconds

DAY THREE THREE DAY TEAM EVENT EQUESTRIAN
Jamie Matossian on (New Venture) competing for (Spain)
Presently in 11th place
RESULTS: AUSTRALIA Gold -- GREAT BRITAIN Silver -- USA Bronze

DAY THREE HANDBALL MEN'S PRELIMINARIES
Pavel Soukossian in Panel A (Russian Team) competing against (Cuban Team)
Result Russia defeated Cuba 31 - 26 (half time 15 - 14)

DAY THREE SHOOTING MEN'S 10 m AIR RIFLE QUALIFYING
Artur Aivazian (Ukraine)
RESULT: Ranked 8 at finals


MEDAL TALLY AT THE END OF DAY 4

COUNTRY Gold Silver Bronze Total

United States 7 6 5 18
Australia 6 5 6 17
China 6 1 6 13
France 4 6 2 12
Italy 3 2 3 8
Holland 3 1 1 5
Russia 2 3 3 8
Germany 2 3 2 7
Japan 2 3 1 6
Ukraine 2 3 0 5
Bulgaria 2 1 1 4
Turkey 2 0 0 2
Great Britain 1 3 2 6
South Korea 1 3 2 6
Switzerland 1 2 1 4
Cuba 1 1 2 4
Romania 1 1 1 3
Hungary 1 1 0 2
Czech Republic 1 0 2 3
Canada 1 0 1 2
Spain 1 0 1 2
Sweden 1 0 1 2
Croatia 1 0 0 1
Lithuania 1 0 0 1
Mexico 1 0 0 1
Slovakia 0 3 1 4
Belarus 0 1 2 3
Brazil 0 1 1 2
Greece 0 1 1 2
North Korea 0 1 1 2
Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 1
Yugoslavia 0 1 0 1
Costa Rica 0 0 2 2
Indonesia 0 0 2 2
Belgium 0 0 1 1
Georgia 0 0 1 1
India 0 0 1 1
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 1 1
Latvia 0 0 1 1
South Africa 0 0 1 1
Thailand 0 0 1 1