Bulgaria’s Karlos Nasar snatched the gold in weightlifting in the 89 kgs. category at the Olympic Games in Paris.
He crushed all competition and grabbed the title, setting a world record in the two lifts total. The Paris-born 20-year old weightlifter lifted a total of 404 kgs., bettering the previous world record by 8 whole kgs. In the snatch, Nasar lifted 180 kgs. in three clean attempts, and in the jerk - 224 kgs. in just two, breaking his own previous record.
Alexander Vasilev advanced to the quarterfinals at the US Open Juniors Tennis Championships, reported BTA. The No. 4 seed showed great composure and defeated Jan Kumsat (Czech Republic) 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7). For a place in the semifinals, Alexander..
Wimbledon junior champion and number 1 seed Ivan Ivanov easily advanced to the third round of the US Open tennis championship in his age group, BTA reported. Tennis: Strong start for Ivan Ivanov and Alexander Vasilev at the US Open In the..
In the competition with nearly 2,000 athletes, at the Multi-European Taekwondo Championship in Niš (Serbia), Bulgarian competitors won three gold and three bronze medals, and Viktoria Ivanova was chosen as the best referee. In the men's category..
Wimbledon junior champion and number 1 seed Ivan Ivanov easily advanced to the third round of the US Open tennis championship in his age group, BTA..
In the competition with nearly 2,000 athletes, at the Multi-European Taekwondo Championship in Niš (Serbia), Bulgarian competitors won three gold and..
Bulgarian tennis player Yoana Konstantinova and Reina Goto from Japan defeated Chinese Wei and Japanese Yoshida 7:5, 6:1 in the first round of the..
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