I love being a champion so much. It is in my blood. My father passed it down to me. These were the first words, for the Bulgarian National Radio, of 18-year old Edmond Nazaryan after he grabbed the gold in the 55 kg. weight class during his debut at the European Wrestling Championships, men in Rome.
He won the title after a 7-3 point victory versus the champion from Bucharest, 2019 Vitalii Kabaloev, Russia.
Edmond Azaryan is the son of two-times Olympic champion Armen Nazaryan who is senior coach of the national team.
Nurgyul Salimova scored her first victory at the Grand Prix chess tournament in the Kazakh city of Shymkent . In an eighth-round match, she defeated Mongolia's Batkhuyag Munguntuul with the black pieces. Salimova took the initiative from the start and..
Arm wrestling is rarely talked about in Bulgaria as a prestigious sport, but we can boast with being a world power in this sport as our athletes have become European and world arm wrestling champions more than once. Thanks to athletes such as Plamen..
The players of the Bulgarian women's national basketball team have welcomed American Khaalia Hillsman, who has recently received Bulgarian citizenship. She will play for the Bulgarian team for the first time next week and joins the..
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