Bulgaria's Barzakov with Silver at World Wrestling Championship

Sports | September 15, 2003, Monday // 00:00

Bulgarian wrestler Serafim Barzakov won a silver medal in the category up to 66kg at the World Free Style Wrestling Championship for Men and Women taking place in New York.

Barzakov was defeated at the final 1-3 by Russia's Irbek Farniev.

Earlier in the day another Bulgarian - Krassimir Kotchev - won the bronze medal in the category up to 96kg.

The tournament featured the world's best men and women freestyle wrestlers, competing in the planet's most famous sports arena, Madison Square Garden. The World Championships of Freestyle Wrestling was also a qualifying event for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Women's wrestling will be contested in the Olympics for the first time ever in Athens.

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