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THREE BULGARIAN VICTORIES IN WORLD FREESTYLE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sports | November 23, 2001, Friday // 00:00

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The Minister of State Administration Dimitur Kalchev opened on November 22 the World Freestyle Wrestling Championships in Sofia. The wrestling tournament scheduled for Sept. 26-29 in New York was shifted to Sofia. The championships were postponed because of the terrorist attacks. The Bulgarian wrestlers began their participation in the 35th world wrestling championship with 3 victories two out of which by a touchdown. The Olympic vice-champion from Sydney 2000 Serafim Barzakov (63 kg) began his offensive for a second world title with a touchdown blitz victory. Miroslav Gochev (76kg) also ended the match with a technical touchdown after defeating the Neight Ackerman from England by 11:0 for 4,51 minutes. Ivan Dzhorev (54 kg) won a 3:1 victory versus Slovak Roman Kolar. The debutante in our team Petya Penkova (56kg) started with a 3:0 loss from Turk Akin.

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