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Bulgaria pull out of Euro weightlifting event
Sofia: Bulgaria confirmed to withdraw from next month’s European weightlifting championships on Thursday after 11 of its athletes tested positive for steroids, a media report said on Friday.
“Bulgarian athletes will not participate in any international events until the case is cleared,” the Bulgarian federation said after consulting with the country’s sports ministry, as per reported.
The International Weightlifting Federation announced last week that eight male and three female Bulgarian weightlifters were provisionally suspended after their A samples tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.
Bulgarian media said the samples were taken at out-of-competition tests two weeks ago.
Among the athletes are three European champions — 2005 gold medallist Demir Demirev and defending champions Ivan Markov and Ivaylo Filev.
The European championships will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia on April 9-18.
Bulgarian Olympic weightlifting champion Milen Dobrev died at the age of 35 last Sunday.
Dobrev’s father had found him in his house in the southern town of Plovdiv. A post mortem is to determine the cause of Dobrev’s death.
Dobrev won Olympic gold 2004 in Athens, had a world title from 2003 and two European titles during his career which ended in 2008.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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