Sun, Nov 08 2009
Bulgaria won its first gold medal from the European wresting championship in Moscow.
Stanka Zlateva defeated Svetlana Saienko from Ukraine during the final round in the 72 kg category, BGNES Sport agency reported.
Zlateva reached the final round after three victories in the previous stages of the tournament. During the first round Zlateva defeated her biggest competition, Anita Schaetzle from Germany.
Schaetzle is a two-times European champion. She ranked third in the international tournament in 2005.
The gold medal is Zlateva's biggest achievement so far. It is also the biggest accomplishment of a female Bulgarian wrestler. Previously Bulgarian competitors won three bronze medals from European championships.
CSKA Sofia are bottom of Europa League group E with one point and their next match is against Fulham at Craven Cottage on December 3
Bulgarian champions Levski Sofia are out of contention for the knockout stages of the Uefa Europa League.
Should CSKA register another defeat in the competition, and if concurrently, Fulham beat Roma away, the Bulgarian side will be out of contention for the further stages of the competition
Levski Sofia are bottom of Group G with no points from three matches and a goal difference of 0-6
CSKA president: the players apologised sincerely for their actions and will be reinstated back into the first team.