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Stanka Zlateva: Naturalization of athletes is becoming a business

Stanka Zlateva
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The wrestlers from the "Stanka Zlateva" sports club in Sliven, Emine Osman and Nesrin Suleymanova, will turn their attention to applying to the Academy of the Ministry of Interior. This was announced by their personal trainer Stanka Zlateva, after the decision of the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation that she would not to lead training for the girls in her club and deprived them of their right to participate in international competitions.

Five-time world champion Stanka Zlateva announced to the correspondent of the "Horizont" program of the Bulgarian National Radio, Stoyan Radev, that she bears responsibility for her students and is determined to do the best for them. She commented that fewer and fewer Bulgarian competitors become national champions and their places are being taken by Russians who have their training remotely. The Olympic vice-champion described this as a business that harms Bulgarian wrestling and schools.



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