Bulgaria's Aleksandra Zhekova Wins Gold in Winter Universiade

Sports | February 6, 2015, Friday // 16:45
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Aleksandra Zhekova Wins Gold in Winter Universiade

Bulgarian snowborder Aleksandra Zhekova won a gold medal in the 2015 Winter Universiade in Sierra Nevada, Spain on Friday.

Zhekova won the boardercross competition, achieving best times in all races from the qualifications all the way to the finals, daily Dnevnik reports.

The Bulgarian was victorious in the two qualifications, the quarterfinal, the semifinal and the final.

This is the second gold in the student games for Bulgaria, with Vladimir Zografski also grabbing a medal in the ski jumping last week.

At present Bulgaria occupies sixth place in the current ranking.

 

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