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Alpine skier Albert Popov back to Sofia

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Alpine skier Albert Popov has been discharged from the University Hospital in Innsbruck and is back to Sofia. The young hopeful of Bulgarian alpine skiingwas injured in a car accident in the Austrian resort of Soelden, where the chief coach of the national team of Bulgarian Alpine Skiing Drago Grubelnik was killed. The condition of the other injured in the crash - assistant coach Dimitar Hristov remains serious but stable. He has a pelvic fracture and lung problems. The crash changed seriously the schedule of Bulgaria’sskiers for the competitions this winter. Albert was the best ranked Bulgarin skier in the rankings.




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