site.btaYoan Velichkov Wins Bronze in Junior Doubles at European Youth Table Tennis Championships in Czechia

Bulgaria's Yoan Velichkov won the bronze medal in the junior doubles at the European Youth Table Tennis Championships in Ostrava, Czechia. 

The 17-year-old Velichkov and Austrian Julian Rzihauschek recorded four consecutive wins in the main draw and reached the semi-finals, where they lost to Romanians Dragos Bujor and Robert Istrate by 1-3 games (9-11, 9-11, 11-2, 7-11).

In the singles competition, the Bulgarian was eliminated in the third round after a dramatic defeat by Slovenia's Miha Podobnik with 2-4 (11-8, 8-11, 11-1, 6-11, 10-12, 9-11).