Gold Medalist Ruzhdi Ruzhdi Returns to Bulgaria After the Paralympic Games in Paris
Paralympian Ruzhdi Ruzhdi and discus thrower Stella Eneva returned to Bulgaria on a direct flight from Paris
Bulgarian boxer Tervel Pulev has won a bronze medal in the boxing tournament of the London Olympics.
Pulev lost his semi-final match in the 91 kg boxing category Friday against current world champion Aleksandr Usik from Ukraine.
Usik, who was fifth in the Beijing four years ago, beat Bulgaria's Tervel Pulev, aka 'The Little Cobra', by 21:5 points on Friday.
Thus, Tervel Pulev has won the only boxing medal for Bulgaria from the London Olympics.
Tervel Pulev is the younger brother of Kubrat Pulev, aka "The Cobra", the first Bulgarian professional boxer.
Bulgaria's athletes won a total of three medals – two silver and one bronze - in this year's Paralympic summer games in London.
Bulgarian Stela Eneva won a second silver medal in the London 2012 Paralympics in the women's shot put discipline (F57/58).
Bulgarian Radoslav Zlatanov won a gold medal at the long jump (F13) contest at the London 2012 Paralympics.
Star US swimmer Michael Phelps might have his 6 medals from the London 2012 Summer Olympics taken away for having participated in a commercial photo shoot.
The Bulgarian flag that was carried by star veteran gymnast Yordan Yovchev at the London Olympics opening is being auctioned off by the organizers of the games.
Stefka Kostadinova, President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, BOC, assesses the performance of the Bulgarian athletes at the 2012 London Olympics as "very weak.
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