2024-04-14 20:47:54
Head of the Prime Minister’s Office, Weightlifting Europe 2023 Arayik Harutyunyan, the chairman of the interdepartmental commission for the preparation and organization of the championship, wrote on his Facebook page.
“For a year, a great team worked to make the European Heavyweight Championship the best it could be. Every detail was discussed for hours and days, all political, sports, moral and psychological nuances were taken into account. As a result, we got an event that our compatriots can only be proud of.
Of course, the incident did not allow us to fully enjoy our effort to present Armenia in a new way, as an innovative, cultural, reviving sports center, which is worth talking to, cooperating with, and making friends with. And in any case, maybe we didn’t consider the last detail, we didn’t calculate, and this incident happened.
Nevertheless, so much work has been done that I am sure that on April 23, when the championship ends, our partners will record that the problem has been solved at a very high level.
The state, yes, the state itself, must be treated with care. Every ill-considered, supposedly “heroic” step can backfire, mark a setback on the way to progress.
Thanks to the audience for the activity, the viewers for the good feedback. I saw our athletes today, they were going to training in a good mood. This opening ceremony, the high level of the tournament is also for them, so that they do not become poor in other countries, and say with their heads up that we are a representative of a serious sports country.
Therefore, let’s fill the stands and support our athletes in the coming days. We need victories.”