Our juniors finished first in the team standings at the Balkan Wrestling Championships

Our freestyle juniors finished first in the team standings at the Balkan Championships in Panagyurishte. The team won 17 medals, 4 of them gold. In the other age groups and styles our young talents came second. The championship was for junior men and women, boys and girls, and male and female cadets, in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. For the first time in more than 30 years, Bulgaria hosted a Balkan wrestling championship. More than 400 competitors from 8 countries took to the mat. Our freestyle juniors finished first in the team standings. The team won 17 medals, 4 of them gold.

The official opening was attended by Hristo Marinov, president of the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation, Valentin Raychev, secretary general, and Tibor Palasti, a referee from the international federation (UWW).