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It’s Okay

September 6, 2020 at 11:27 pm Arev Dinkjian 2

My mind, like everyone else’s this weekend, is somewhere else. It’s at a field with a clarinet booming in the distance. It’s at a pool reeking of chlorine. It’s at a hotel lobby eagerly awaiting […]

Our AYF Olympic Music

September 6, 2020 at 10:24 pm Mark Gavoor 5

Certainly, the AYF Olympics is about athletics. But, for many, they are equally interested in the dances and performers. My interest in the music and the dances has equaled and at times surpassed my interest […]

Who Knew?

September 6, 2020 at 11:07 am Mark Gavoor and Ara Topouzian 0

We are old family friends. That friendship began with our parents through the AYF. Our Dads, both Olympic Kings, actually met at an AYF Olympics. On a phone call earlier today, we started joking about […]

Friday Night Zoom Cocktail Hour

September 5, 2020 at 11:14 am Mark Gavoor 0

I just got off a video call with Ken and Alexan Topalian. They were sitting outside their home in ProvIdence by their firepit, and I was in my home in Chicagoland. We were all hoisting […]

The 1944 AYF Olympics: When a Win Was a Loss

September 4, 2020 at 12:27 pm Guest Contributor 3

This article by Varoujan Karentz was published in the September 5 Special Edition issue of the Armenian Weekly honoring the AYF Olympics. The period was in the middle of World War II in 1944. Why the […]

A Journey Back in Time

September 4, 2020 at 12:18 pm Guest Contributor 1

This article by Anahid Karentz Varadian was first written in 2009 when she was crowned queen of the Providence Olympics. It was republished in the September 5 Special Edition issue of the Armenian Weekly honoring […]

Tom Vartabedian and AYF Olympics: One Spirit

September 4, 2020 at 12:04 pm Mark Gavoor, Harry Derderian and Bob Tutunjian 1

This tribute to Tom Vartabedian, as well as other articles penned by special guests, was published in the September 5 Special Edition of the Armenian Weekly honoring the AYF Olympics. Tom Vartabedian was a great […]

Bob Tutunjian: AYF Olympic Historian and Then Some

September 4, 2020 at 12:00 pm Mark Gavoor and Harry Derderian 0

This tribute to Bob Tutunjian, as well as other articles penned by special guests, was published in the September 5 Special Edition of the Armenian Weekly honoring the AYF Olympics. As you can see, this […]

Coach Krafian on Being a Champion and Building Champions

September 4, 2020 at 10:14 am Ara Krafian 1

This was part of a series of articles published in the September 5 Special Edition of the Armenian Weekly honoring the AYF Olympics. I’ve attended every Olympics since 1976, except for one. I missed Racine […]

Coach Elmasian: Long Live the AYF Olympics

September 4, 2020 at 10:08 am Stephen Elmasian 0

This was part of a series of articles published in the September 5 Special Edition of the Armenian Weekly honoring the AYF Olympics. When the call was received to share my thoughts from a coach’s […]