2024-07-25 05:14:19
The head coach of the Armenian shooting team, Seyran Nikoghosyan, summarized 2015 in a conversation with the NAOC news agency, talked about gaps, upcoming plans and possible Olympic tickets.
– We started 2015 with good results. We held a training camp right at the beginning of the year. Our youth participated in the international tournament held in Munich, where they achieved quite high results. Many people were surprised by the growth of Armenian shooting. Hrachik Babayan took 17th place in the European Championship, which is not a bad result, after which he set a European record in the European Games in Baku. Lilit Mkrtchyan became the European champion in the running target exercise. Overall, they did well. It is already clear that in 2016 we should strive for greater results.
– Shooting, as a base sport, still does not have an Olympic ticket. Why?
– Both Olympic ranking tournaments were held in Baku. One was the European Games, where we did not participate to our full potential, and the second was the World Cup in Gabala, where we did not participate for obvious reasons.
– And for next year, when can we fight for tickets?
– During the European Championship in February. For the first time, the Armenian national team will have 16 participants: 2 coaches and 14 athletes. Mainly we will participate in pistol, rifle running target forms. It used to be quite difficult for girls to participate, but now they participate almost equally.
– How many Olympic tickets do you hope for and if we are realistic, how many will we have?
– There is a possibility that about 6 athletes can participate, but I think we will have 3 shooters in the Olympic Games.