Armenian Shooter Elmira Karapetyan Participates in Olympic Torch Relay
Posted on August. 12. 2024
PARIS — Armenian shooter Elmira Karapetyan took part in the Olympic Torch relay for the 33rd Olympic Games to be held in Paris.
The Olympic Torch was brought to Villers-Cotterêts, where the Cité Internationale de la Langue Française, a center dedicated to promoting the French language, was inaugurated last October in the town’s 16th-century mansion.
As a representative of the host country for the 10th Francophonie Games in 2027, Karapetyan received the Olympic flame from judoka Arnold Kisoka, who represented the Democratic Republic of the Congo, host of the previous Francophonie Games.
The ceremony was attended by notable figures, including French Minister of Sports, Olympic and Paralympic Games Amelie Oudea-Castera; Armenian Ambassador Hasmik Tolmajian; Congo’s Minister of Sports and Leisure Didier Budimbu Ntubuanga; Director of the International Committee of Francophone Games Zeina Mina; Secretary General of the Conference of Ministers of Youth and Sports of Francophone Countries Louise René Tobin; and representatives of regional and municipal authorities.
In her address, Ambassador Tolmajian highlighted the historic significance of the event, noting that for the first time in the history of independent Armenia, an athlete representing the country participated in the Olympic flame relay. She emphasized the importance of this moment taking place within the framework of the Paris Olympic Games at Villers-Cotterêts Palace, a site significant for the French language. This, she stated, further illustrates the deep and enduring friendship between the Armenian and French peoples.
Ambassador Tolmajian also remarked that Karapetyan’s participation as a representative of Armenia, the host country for the next Francophonie Games, symbolizes Armenia’s dedication to Francophonie and its values.
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Armenia slowly awakening for its values to be
exposed TO THE WORLD..
I heard with big pride 600 young singing in
vocal concert, HONORING Komidas Vartabed
popular songs (about 6000, half burned in
Genocide); which will be UNFORGETTABLE FOR
SINGERS UNTIL DEATH, BECAUSE IS SO POWERFUL
AND COMING FROM THOUSAND YEARS OF TRADITION.
Komidas had 6 pupils, the brightest was
Parsegh Ganatchian, TOTALLY IGNORED, BANNED
BY BOLSHEVIK REGIME IN ARMENIA, BECAUSE, he
COMPOSED “HARACH NAHADAG MARCH”= {“MOVING
FORWARD” , DEDICATED TO GENOCIDE SURVIVAL);
FEARED, REFUSED BY BOLSHEVIK, TURKEY AND
AZERBAIJAN TRIO, AS TREAT AGAINST THEM. WE
HOPE TO HEAR BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS COMPOSED BY
GANATCHIAN, ONE DAY IN FREE ARMENIA, as humbly one of the few singer still alive in
his PURE VOCAL singing group, as Komidas
Vartabed’s BRIGHTEST SUCCESSOR.
THAT MARCH IS SO POWERFUL, ABLE TO BE ACCEPTED AS NATIONAL ANTHEM, ABLE TO KILL
BOLSHEVIK VIRUS IN ARMENIA TURNING NATIONALIST:: MAY BE THAT DAY IS NOT FAR !!!