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Well done Yoana.  

Well done Yoana.  

Happy for Yoana, even though she had to go through the final chance tournament. It would have been a complete waste, if she didn't manage to qualify. 
 
All and all a good day, after also the rowing quota earlier. We got what was expected today after the disappointments in a number of other sports, most recently shooting..

Mens Epee:
 
Quota:  Tristan Tulen
 
Womens Sabre:
 
Quota:  Yoana Ilieva

Go Yoana! You can do it!

Single Sculls Men's (Quota Olympic)

She currently holds the last (non-continental) qualification spot, edging out Ireland's Darragh by 33 points. I don't know if either of them (or Hungary's Sandorhazi) are competing this week so it'll come to end. Additionally, she needs to hope New Zealand's Shaunna Li doesn't break into the top 250 (currently 259) or else she will get the continental quota (though if she did, New Zealand may decline the quota).
 
On the opposite side, Australia must select which two events between men's singles, women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles will get the continental quota, the others will be reallocated to the next highest ranked nation so even if Bulgaria gets passed she might get the quota if Australia doesn't choose women's singles.

Gracenote are predicting 5 medals for team BG, which more or less is what should be expected. Though the configuration is to be seen.
 
They are predicting 1 silver and 4 bronzes:
 
- Silver for the Group in Rhythmic Gymnastics;
- Bronze for Stilyana Nikolova in Rhythmic Gymnastics individual;
- Bronze for Svetlana Staneva in Boxing W57 kg;
- Bronze for Bozhidar Andreev in Weightlifting M73 kg;
- Bronze for Semen Novikov in Wrestling GR87 kg.
 
Interestingly, Gracenote are not seeing any medal for Karlos Nasar in weightlifting 89kg  

Yes, no longer. Her first event representing  will be next months European Championships.
 
Here is a photo of Kimia showing her bulgarian passport from today:
 
 

The draw for team BG  seems more favorable, than not. Still, i'm keeping my expectations at the bare minimum, as the Euros showed, that we are having trouble getting people to finals   Also, not having Nazaryan and Milov in GR is a huge blow, which i'm still not over of 
 
Freestyle:
 
- FS 57 kg - Vangelov (TS 3) needs only 2 wins for the quota and has a dream draw with  Lehr or Tsiutryn. All the big favorites  Rzazade,  Atli and  Dingashvili are on the other side.
- FS 65 kg - Naim is on the better half too, even though with the number 1 seed  Sacultan, but he is a very unreliable first seed. If Naim gets passed him he has a 50-50 chance with whoever reaches the 1/2 from the other quarter. The big names, Euro Champ  Dudaev,  Aliyev will fight it out on the other half. 
 
- FS 74 kg - Kirov with absolutely no chance. Pretty even draw on both sides.
- FS 86 kg - Ramazanov (TS 2) with a perfect draw and i will be disappointed, if he doesn't get the quota. The top 4 names  Kurugliev,  Naifonov,  Gocen and  Makoev are all on the other side.
- FS 125 kg - Khubulov should be the favorite, but he could lose to  or  
 
Greco-Roman:
 
- GR 67 kg - Amaev has a tricky first match against  Nasibov. If he gets passed him, then it will probably be a fight with  Vancza for the quota. This is a pretty open category.
- GR 77 kg - Kubatov is a good wrestler with lot's of heart, but this is a tough weight. He has to win (the most) 4 matches with great opponents at every coming round, so no chance for him to reach the final.
- GR 130 kg - Ivanov with his first ever GR competition (he was a FS wrestler until now), so yeah 
 
Women:
 
- WW 50 kg - Selishka (TS 3) missed the scariest  Stadnik and  Livach, but still has  Sokolova (  Lukasiak). Can't say i'm confident.
- WW 53 kg - Binkova, just no..
 
- WW 57 kg - Nikolova (TS 4) with a fantastic draw. She missed  Kurachkina &  Hrushyna, who were the ones always beating her at big events. Now only has  Kamaloglu, who she already beat at the Euros earlier this year. There won't be a better chance for the quota.
 
- WW 62 kg - Dudova (TS 1) has a rematch with  Lindborg from the Euro. She lost there and is very prone to psychological problems.. But, if Dudova gets passed her she should get the quota.
 
- WW 68 kg - I had big fate in Hristova (TS 2), but she is one, who doesn't have a nice draw. Very tough first match with fellow BG (  )Manolova. After that it's a battle with the two  's for the quota.
- WW 76 kg - Georgieva is only for the participation here.
  

Bilyana Dudova  with Olympic quota. 

Let's hope in Paris Karlos will go over 400 

men's -89kg
 
Gold:  Karlos May Nasar (total: 396kg)
Silver:  Yeison Lopez Lopez (total: 392kg)  
Bronze:  Li Dayin (total: 383kg)
 
Full Results
https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=599
 
 
Group A Full Scoreboard
 

Bilyana Dudova  with Olympic quota. 

After yet another Olympic cycle, where we couldn't get an athlete quota in this sport, the reserve plan has been activated.
 
The first ever woman Olympic medalist for  Kimia Alizadeh is going to get a Bulgarian passport in the coming days. The quota she earned at the European Qualifier as an EOR will be changed to a Bulgarian one and we will have our first ever "official" participation in taekwondo.  
 
 

Finally a quota for Bulgaria from this Olympic qualification won by Rami Kiwan 

Finally a quota for Bulgaria from this Olympic qualification won by Rami Kiwan 

Finally a quota for Bulgaria from this Olympic qualification won by Rami Kiwan 

Finally a quota for Bulgaria from this Olympic qualification won by Rami Kiwan 

Well done Bulgaria . Hopefully our team will return it's glory and we can qualify for LA 2028.

Well done Bulgaria . Hopefully our team will return it's glory and we can qualify for LA 2028.

Well done Bulgaria . Hopefully our team will return it's glory and we can qualify for LA 2028.

Well done Bulgaria . Hopefully our team will return it's glory and we can qualify for LA 2028.

Well done Bulgaria . Hopefully our team will return it's glory and we can qualify for LA 2028.

Well done Bulgaria . Hopefully our team will return it's glory and we can qualify for LA 2028.