Bulgarian world and European wrestling 72-kg champion Stanka Zlateva pocketed the first gold medal for her motherland and her second European title on Wednesday at the European Greco-Roman, Freestyle and Women Wrestling Championships, reported BTA news agency.

In the ongoing championships in Sofia on April 17-22, Zlateva took only 47 seconds to touch down her Ukrainian opponent Svitlana Sayenko in the final of her category.

Zlateva, born on March 1, 1983, won her first world title in Guangzhou, China in 2006. Her first European gold came in Moscow in 2006, after a bronze in Varna, Bulgaria, in 2005.

Source: Xinhua