Bulgaria's Zlateva Becomes World Wrestling Champion for Third Time

Sports | October 13, 2008, Monday // 00:00
Bulgaria??™s Zlateva Becomes World Wrestling Champion for Third Time: Bulgaria's Zlateva Becomes World Wrestling Champion for Third Time Bulgarian female wrestler Stanka Zlateva has become a world champion for the third time at the freestyle wrestling championship in Tokyo. File photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)

Bulgarian female wrestler Stanka Zlateva has become a world champion for the third time at the freestyle wrestling championship in Tokyo.

At the finals Zlateva defeated Chinese Jan Hun with 2:0 parts to become a triple champion in her category of 72 kg.

At the semi-final Zlateva won against Russian Aliona Starodutseva. The silver medallist from the Olympics defeated with 2:0 the Canadian Ohenewa Akuffo at the quarterfinals.

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