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27 promising athletes to represent Bulgaria at Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing

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Twenty seven Bulgarian Olympic athletes are to participate in fourteen sports at the Second Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China between August 16 and 28. The Bulgarian delegation was confirmed on July 17 by the Executive Bureau of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee. Bulgarian athletes are to take part in boxing, wrestling, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, weightlifting, track and field athletics and other sports. 




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