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Angel Rusev wins 55 kg. title at European weightlifting championship

Angel Rusev
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Angel Rusev won the gold medal at the European men’s and women’s weightlifting championship in Moscow in the 55 kg. weight categiory. 19-year old Angel Rusev comes from the famed weightlifting school in Ruse with coaches Krustina and Tadoslav Atanasov, BNR reports.

On the first day of the championship a gold medal and a silver medal went to Nadezhda May-Nguyen and Ivana Petrova in the 45 kg. weight category. 



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