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Fifteen gold medals are for grabs Sunday during the 16th and final day of the London Olympics. Photo by BGNES
Bulgarian athletes will compete in three finals during the last day of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
After the loss against Russia, which ended hopes for the gold medal, the outstanding national men volleyball team will face Italy at 11:30 am Sunday in a game for the bronze. The Bulgarian team already crushed Italy with 3:0 during the qualifiers in pool A.
Also Sunday morning, Leonid Bazan will fight against Jabrail Hasanov from Azerbaijan in the 66-kg category of freestyle wrestling.
In the afternoon, the Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team is taking part in the group all-around finals. The girls, led by coach Iliana Raeva, ranked 4th in the qualifier with a total of 54.625 points.
The first eight are appearing in the Sunday finals.
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