Nasar won the third consecutive European title and improved two world records

The number 1 athlete of Bulgaria for 2024 Carlos Nasar won the third consecutive European title in lifting weights. The world and Olympic champion this time triumphed in a new category – up to 96 kilograms, at the Championship in Chisinau, Moldova. Nasar decided to get in the upper category after the one up to 89 kg. It will stop existing from June 1st.

Prior to Euro 2025, he was healing a shoulder injury, and at one point he had announced that he would miss the race in the Moldovan capital. But he managed to recover on time.

Even in the new category for him, Nasar did not give any chances to his rivals. Even with his first dumping attempt, at 174 kg, he secured a gold medal in the movement. A successful lifting of the bar over the head of 180 kg followed, after which Nasar attacks the world record in the ejection in the category – and improved it with impeccable experience of 188 kilograms, one more than Colombian Lesman Parens Montana of Tashkent 2021! Far behind him were the second and third in the first movement – Georgian Revaz Davitadze (174) and Armenian David Hovhanisyan (173).

The exclusive presentation of the number 1 athlete of Bulgaria for 2024 continued in the punch. There he came out the last again and guarantees the gold in the duel at the first attempt when he lifted 210 kg with ease. There was a successful experience of 220 kg, and for the third it requested 229 kg. Perfectly turning the bar and pushing over the head also meant a new world record in the 96 kg match. – a total of 417 kg – with one more than the current The Iranian’s Supreme Achievement Sohrab Moradi of Ashgabat 2018S And a murderous lead in front of the silver medalist Revaz Davitadze of Georgia (379 kg) and bronze Davit Hovhanisyan from Armenia (376 kg).

Currently, the Bulgarian weightlifting holds five world records for men – all in the 89 kg category. and those in the disposal and in the match in the category up to 96 kg. And it will remain in history as their last holder, given the change of categories from June 1, when both to 89 and the one up to 96 kg. They will stop existing.

On the Easter Medal in the category up to 109 kg. He will chase Vasil Marinov, and on the last day of Euro 2025, who is on Monday, will lift Jessica Ivanova (over 97 kg) and Hristo Hristov (over 109 kg).