As this thing is coming to an end, i'll make a quick medal summary for the BG performance, compared with the previous EG.
2015 Baku - 10 medals (1-4-5)
2019 Minsk - 18 medals (3-7-8)
2023 Krakow - 12 medals (3-4-5)
2015 - (1-4-5)
Badminton - (1-0-1)
Sambo - (0-1-1)
Shooting - (0-1-0)
Volleyball - (0-1-0)
Wrestling - (0-1-3)
2019 - (3-7-8)
Aerobic Gymnastics - (0-1-0)
Boxing - (1-1-1)
Judo - (0-1-0)
Karate - (1-0-0)
Rhythmic Gymnastics - (0-3-2)
Sambo - (1-0-1)
Shooting - (0-0-2)
Wrestling - (0-1-2)
2023 - (3-4-5)
Badminton - (1-0-0)
Boxing - (2-1-1)
Karate - (0-1-0)
Kickboxing - (0-1-2)
Shooting - (0-1-1)
Taekwondo - (0-0-1)
Given that our 2 best sports, rhythmic gymnastics and wrestling, along with sambo, weren't on the program, i'd say it's a much better performance, than expected. It could have been our best EG, as 3 of our silver medals were very close loses too.
Going in, the most important sport was by far boxing, because of the quotas and the team delivered. I believe we can earn 3-4 more in the WQT. Kostadinova in shooting and Goranova in karate were reliable as usual, one of the very few names in our sports, which can perform at big events. I'm very pleased with our athletes in fencing and taekwondo, there is definitely an upward trajectory there. Unlike boat sports like canoeing (and rowing), where it is Val Gardena downhill.
We have some medals in kickboxing, but that's....whatever. There were like 50 categories and you had to win one match for a medal..