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Bronze medal for athlete Irene Saraboyukova at the EYOF 2023

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Irene Saraboyukova won a second medal for Bulgaria at the European Youth Olympic Festival, Slovenia. On the last day of the tournament in Maribor, she won bronze in the high jump, clearing 180 cm - 3 cm less than the champion Ella Obeta from Germany and the silver medalist Valeria Smirnova from Estonia.

The bronze medal of the Bulgarian athlete is the second award for Bulgaria at EYOF 2023. A few days ago Radina Velichkova came second in the long jump with an achievement of 6.09 m.



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