Olympic medal winning weightlifter Cholakov dies aged 35

Bulgarian weightlifter Velichko Cholakov, an Olympic and world medallist, passed away on Sunday at the age of 35. Cholakov took +105 kg bronze at the Athens 2004 Olympics and silver in the same division in the previous year's world championships. He was part of the Bulgarian team which was pulled from the Beijing Olympic Games over failed dope tests.

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