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Serena Williams of the USA serves the ball at the London 2012 Olympic Games Tennis competition at Wimbledon. Photo by London2012.com
US tennis player Serena Williams won Saturday her first olympic gold medal with a decisive victory over Russian Maria Sharapova at the London 2012 women's tennis final.
At the Old England Club, Williams left no chance to Sharapova and won the match with 6:0, 6:1.
The olympic bronze medal went to Belarusian Victoria Azarenka after she defeated Russia's Maria Kirilenko.
This is the third olympic gold medal for 14-times Grand Slam winner Serena Williams, who has lost just 5 games at the three Olympic finals she played.
For Russian Sharapova, London 2012 was the first Olympic Games whe has played in.
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Ivan Ivanov has been officially named the 2025 World Champion in the juniors and youth category by the International Tennis Federation, becoming the first Bulgarian player to receive this distinction at global level
Grigor Dimitrov has been shortlisted for the ATP’s annual distinctions, with this year’s awards scheduled for the week of December 8 to 14
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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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