For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, Armenians champions were heralded by the agency of "Mer Hayrenik," the national anthem of the Republic of Armenia, while the tricolor flew subject to the Barcelona sky. For citizens of Armenia and millions of diasporans who anxiously followed the televised games of the 24th Olympiad in July these were moment of ecstatic pride.
Armenian athletes, who compet in Barcelona as members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) team, garnered three individual gold medals and single in kind ...
