Bulgaria with 11 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze medals at the Balkaniad in wrestling in Bucharest
Bulgarian athletes won 11 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze medals at the Balkaniad in wrestling for girls and boys, cadets and cadets under 15 and under 17 years old in Bucharest (Romania).
Competitors from nine countries took part in the championship – Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Moldova, the Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Bulgaria.
Among the 17-year-olds in the classical style, two titles were won by Grisha Nazaryan, who achieved two victories in the category up to 60 kg. In the final, the son of the two-time Olympic champion Armen Nazrayan prevailed over Ioan Dragan (Romania) with 5:1, as well as Maxim Petrov, overcame the Serbian Marko Supic with 3:1.
In the freestyle, two nationals met in the final in the 55-kilogram category. However, Murad Iliaz managed to defeat Ergun Shukri with 12:7.
Among female cadets, Azra Mutafova is first in the category up to 43 kg.
At this age, Yordan Topalov (51 kg) and Andrey Atanasov (80 kg) won silver in the classics, and Vladimir Mandalov (48 kg) in the freestyle. Among the cadets, Roksana Nikolova (46), Yana Dimitrova (49), Desislava Ivanova (57) and Gergana Stoyanova (69) came second, while Denis Angelov (45), Hristo Valentinov (55) and Albert Angelov (71) took bronze in classic style. Naim Deniz (60), Galip Erdal (65 kg), Ibrahim Deniz (71) and Alexander Tulba (80) became third in freestyle.
They are second in the team standings with 155 points based on the individual standings. First home hosts with 184 points and third Serbia with 127 points. The female cadets are also second with 135 points. In front of the Bulgarian women are the hosts with 202 points, who participated with a full team. Third are the representatives of Moldova. Svobodnjaci placed fourth, and the first is the team of Moldova.
In the 15-year titles, Egor Karamalak (57 kg) won in freestyle, and Vladislav Markov (48), Alyosha Iliev (52), and Sergey Stoev (68) won in classical style. Among the girls, Hristiana Hristova (36), Diana Stoychev (42) and Andreya Niseva (46) became the first.
In the team standings, the classics are second with 175 points, the hosts are first with 177, and Moldova is third with 144 points.
In the freestyle, the young talents ranked third with 144 points, the Romanians are the first with 190, ahead of Moldova with 155 points. Among the girls, the Bulgarians are third with 107 points, ahead of them are Romania with 190 and Moldova with 112.
During the championship, there was also a team competition on the second day. The Classics are the first after four wins for the 15-year-olds. Svobodnjaci are third, the leader is Moldova, followed by the Romanian team. The girls are also second, and the Romanians are first.
Bulgaria’s 17-year-old female cadets are second, the hosts are the leaders, and the Serbian women are third. In the classical style, the nationals are also second, the Romanians are first, the Croatians are third, and in the freestyle the team did not rank fourth on Thursday. First again are the Romanians.