Bulgaria with Gold on Weightlifting Championship
Updated on: 24.09.2007, 10:46
Published on: 21.09.2007, 15:33
Bulgaria won gold medal on the Weightlifting Championship that took place in Thailand. Ivan Stoitsov in 77-weight class overbears his rivals and deservedly finished first, informed topsport.bg.
He finished in a duel of 363 kg (158 kg in the throwing out and 205 kg in the pushing).
Ivan Stoitsov (22) won bronze on the European championship in 2005 in Sofia. He is also Youth European Champion in 2004 in Burgas. On the summer Olympics in 2004 he finished 8th.
Stoitsov's title is the third one that Bulgaria gathered in Thailand. Both Ivailo Filchev (62-kilogram weight class) and Demir Demirev (69-kilogram weight class) won bronze.