4 Bulgarian boxers will chase Olympic quotas within the final qualification for Paris – 2024-05-15 19:40:51

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2024-05-15 19:40:51

Bulgaria will ship 4 males’s boxers to the world Olympic qualification in Bangkok. The ultimate battle for quotas for the Paris Video games will happen from Might 23 to June 3. The nationwide crew leaves tonight for the capital of Thailand, and shall be led by coaches Joel Arate, Valentin Poptolev and Alexander Alexandrov.

Ergunal Sebakhtin will field within the class as much as 51 kilograms. The European bronze medalist should attain the semi-finals to assert a quota.

We’ll see Radoslav Rosenov within the 63.5 kg class. The European runner-up can be in pursuit of a semi-final, the place fifth place will guarantee participation in Paris. Within the class as much as 80 kilograms, Kristian Nikolov will enter the ring, who must be among the many prime three for a quota for the Video games. Within the heaviest (+92 kg) we’ll see Petar Belberov. He wants a semi-final to qualify for the Olympics.

For the 34-year-old Belberov, this shall be his first participation in such a discussion board as a part of the nationwide crew from the World Championship in Belgrade in 2021.

He was most well-liked by the teaching workers over naturalized Cuban Jordan Morejon after beating him twice in three official conferences this 12 months.

Aside from them, Javier Ibanez and Rami Keuan are additionally leaving with the crew. They are going to assist their teammates in Bangkok whereas on the identical time sparring with overseas boxers. That is a part of their preparations for Paris, having already secured quotas for the Olympic Video games.

“The crew could be very properly ready. I consider that each one 4 of our boxers have the power to win quotas. In some classes it could turn out to be simpler, in others it will likely be harder, because the competitors can be fairly completely different. I hope we even have a little bit of luck within the draw to satisfy our goal,” males’s coach Joel Arate stated.

The ladies’s nationwide crew will journey to Thailand early subsequent week. We remind you that there are additionally two quotas gained by Stanimira Petrova (54 kg) and Svetlana Kamenova (57 kg).

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