site.btaSports Ministry Vows to Bail Weightlifters Out ahead of World Championships as Their Federation Grapples with Leadership Crisis

The Youth and Sports Ministry will finance the training and the participation of Bulgaria's top weightlifters in the IWF World Championships in Bahrain in early December as the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation (BWF) is having leadership problems and the sport is suffering from underfunding at the national level. This transpired at a meeting between Youth and Sports Minister Georgi Glushkov and national weightlifting team regulars.