Three titles won by Bulgarian wrestlers on the third day of the "Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov" tournament in Varna.
Olympic champion Semen Novikov had a contested final with Iranian Yasin Yazdi, who won 7:4. In the last seconds, his opponent tried an attack, but was unable to turn the result around in the 87 kg category of the classic style.
Kiril Milov, European champion and second in the world, also became the winner in his 97 kg category in the classics after a technical knockout 10:0, against the young Kaloyan Ivanov.
In the same category, Yoan Dimitrov took bronze after a quick victory with a technical knockout - 12:0 over Dimitar Atanasov.
The European vice-champion Mikyai Naim also had a contested match, but still managed to pull out - 2:2 against the Azerbaijani Murad Hagverdiev in the 65 kg of the freestyle.
Ivaylo Tisov had another productive match against the Georgian Nika Zangaladze in the lightest 57 kg of the freestyle.
This time, however, his opponent won and took the title. The two also met in the groups, with Tisov winning the battle with an impressive score of 17:8. On the way to the final, the Bulgarian recorded three more prestigious victories.
Nikol Alexandrova (53 kg) also finished with silver in the women's category.
And Presiyan Mihov fought for bronze in the 74 kg freestyle category, who until the last minute was 1:3 behind the Romanian Gigi Subtirits, the European vice-champion under 20, but managed to take two victory points for the final 3:3.
The other bronze without a fight was taken by Ramazan Ramazanov.
The champion in the category was the American Quincy Monday, who in the final defeated the Ukrainian Ivan Kusiak with 9:2.
The day before, his brother Kennedy became first in the 79 kg freestyle. Their father - Kenny Monday, Olympic champion from Seoul 88, also became a medalist in Varna, at the world championship in 1991 he took silver.
14 Bulgarian wrestlers qualified for tomorrow's finals, among them are Georgi Ivanov, last year's winner of the "Dan Kolov" belt, as well as Ahmed Bataev, Abu-Muslim Amaev. The matches start at 11 am, the finals will be at 12 pm.