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Bulgaria with five titles and five vice-champions at 2018 The European Weightlifting Youth Championships in Milan

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The young Bulgarian weightlifters are coming home with a total of 28 medals, 5 titles and 5 vice-champions from the European Weightlifting Youth Championships in Milan for 15-17 year olds.

The Bulgarian contestants also won a quota for the upcoming Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics. For now, the competitors with the biggest chances in Argentina are Hristo Hristov and Angel Rusev (boys), and Galya Shatova  and Maria-Magdalena Kirova (girls). 



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