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Strandja int'l boxing tournament kicks off in Bulgaria

Xinhua, February 21, 2017 Adjust font size:

The 68th edition of the Strandja International Boxing Tournament kicked off here in the Sofia hall on Tuesday.

More than 280 athletes from 35 countries and regions, including China, participated in the six-day event, which is the oldest and one of the toughest international boxing tournaments in Europe.

For the tournament, the number of participants grows every year, and now there are representatives from all continents, Krassimir Ininski, President of the Bulgarian Boxing Federation said.

"This year's race is the start of a new Olympic cycle, so we will see not only winners of medals and titles of the major championships, but also a lot of young boxers who have yet to prove themselves," Ininski said as quoted by the press office of his federation.

The semifinals will be on Saturday and the finals are scheduled for Sunday.

Last year at the 67th edition of "Strandja", the Chinese boxers won three gold, two silver and one bronze medals. Endit