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| 5 May 2024, Sunday |

Bulgarian Boxer Stoyka Krasteva Wins Women’s Flyweight Gold at Tokyo Olympics

Bulgaria’s Stoyka Krasteva won gold in the women’s flyweight category final bout at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday.

The 35-year-old Bulgarian boxer defeated Turkey’s Buse Naz Cakiroglu in three straight sets. Her victory brought the second gold medal to the Bulgarian team – the previous one was earned by martial artist Ivet Goranova, who won the women’s 55 kg Kumite event.

Bronze medals went to Japanese boxer Tsukimi Namiki and Huang Hsiao-wen from Taiwan.

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  • Sputnik