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    MEDVEDEV CONGRATULATES OLYMPIC JUDO GOLD MEDAL WINNER GALSTYAN

    ITAR-TASS
    July 28 2012
    Russia

    LONDON, July 28 (Itar-Tass) -~W Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
    has congratulated Arsen Galstyan, the first Russian gold medal winner
    at the Olympic Games in London.

    "We have the first gold. Judo. Arsen Galstyan. Well done," the premier
    wrote on Twitter.

    Galstyan won the first gold medal for the Russian team on the first
    day of the Olympics in the 60kg judo competition, beating Hiroaki
    Hiraoka (Japan) in the final.

    The Head of the Republic of Adygeya, Aslan Tkhakushinov, also
    congratulated Galstyan, who started his sport career in the republic.

    It is worth mentioning that in the summer of 2000 in Sydney shooter
    Sergei Alifirenko from Adygeya won the first Olympic gold for the
    Russian team. The two sportsmen were born in Armenia and achieved
    their Olympic victories after training in Adygeya and the Krasnodar
    Territory.

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