Bulgarian kickboxers won 348 awards, including 105 gold, 96 silver and 147 bronze at the European Cup, which was held in Plovdiv.
This asset raised the native athletes to the first position in the complex medal ranking, in which the representatives of Greece ranked second with a total of 129 medals, of which 34 gold, 35 silver and 60 bronze, and the representatives of Hungary remained third with an asset of 69 awards of which 26 gold, 22 silver and 21 bronze.
In the club, Sofia’s “Star team” earned the first place in the competition of a total of 110 teams, followed by another Bulgarian club “Masaru”, and the kickboxers of the Hungarian “Halker Kirali team” came third.
Within the framework of the European Cup in Plovdiv, nearly 2,000 participants took part, who entered the battle for medals in the separate categories of 8 tatami mats and 2 rings in the “Kolodruma” sports hall.
For our country, this was the historic first hosting of such a competition, and after the high evaluation of the organization by the international federation WAKO, they announced that the competition will be held in Bulgaria next year as well.
Meanwhile, the Bulgarian Kickboxing and Muay Thai Federation (BKKMT) expects to sign a 4-year contract to host rounds of the European Cup.
“To win the European Cup is something extraordinary for us, because more than 20 countries applied for this hosting, but we managed to win the respect of the WAKO management, as we fulfilled 100% all the requirements. It cost us a lot of time, a lot of effort, a lot of money , but everything was done perfectly with the team we work with from “Star Team” from “Bultras”, Plovdiv Municipality and the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Romeo Desha – Technical Director of the World Kickboxing Federation, Sarjan Bogarcic – technical director of the European Federation and Istvan Kiraly – president of the European Federation we have a rating of 10 out of 10. The competition will give us a clearer picture for the selection of the athletes who will represent us at the upcoming world and European championships in August and November,” said the president of BKKMT Galin Dimov.
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