10 Bulgarians Make It to European Bodybuilding Championship Finals in Sofia

10 Bulgarian bodybuilders made it to the finals of the European Championship in Sofia. Photo by BGNES

Bulgarian bodybuilders staged a very strong performance in the semi-finals of the European Bodybuilding Championship in Sofia Saturday.

The European Bodybuilding Championship, which is the first big contest of the International Federation for Bodybuilding (IFBB) for 2011, started in Sofia Saturday.

Over 300 bodybuilders and 750 guests arrived in Bulgaria from around Europe for the competition in grand hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.

As the host, Bulgaria is taking part in each category with two contestants, while all other countries have one participant each.

A total of 10 Bulgarians qualified for the finals on Sunday – Konstantin Paskalev in the classic bodybuilding, Tsvetan Tsvetanov and Radoslav Angelov in the 65 kg category; Gerasim Dragnev and Gyunai Mustafa – 70 kg; Valentin Razhankov and Plamen Raykov – 75 kg; Hristomir Hristov, Bulgaria's most successful bodybuilder – 80 kg; Petar Borisov – 85 kg, and Georgi Slavov – 100 kg.

Qualifications and semi-finals in various categories are held on Saturday, while the finals, which will be opened by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, will be on Sunday at 4 pm.

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