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17-year-old Bulgarian girl wins downhill mountain bike race in Maribor

Photo: sportal.bg

17-year-old Izabela Yankova has triumphed with the gold in the mountain bike downhill discipline in Maribor (Slovenia), the Sportal website has reported.

The member of the "Riders United" club in the town of Smolyan gained fame at the beginning of the summer after she won a silver and a bronze at the World Cup races in Austria and France. Yankova is currently the leader in the World Cup for girls under 18.




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