Kimia Alizadeh is ready for the European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester

The long-awaited return of Kimia Alizadeh is among the key highlights in the preparation of the Bulgarian national taekwondo team for the European Championships in Germany in May.

The bronze medalist from the Olympic Games has resumed full training after the injury that took her out of competition last year, and is now actively involved in the preparation of our national team.

Our team is already in Manchester, where it is holding a training camp and preparing to participate in the city's open championship this weekend.

The team also includes bronze medalist from the World Girls Championship Deya Peeva, who will also take part in the competition.

The group includes: 54 kg – Hristiyan Georgiev 63 kg – Stanislav Mitkov 74 kg – Stefan Stamenov 80 kg – Omid Hossiini 46 kg – Deya Peeva 49 kg – Alexandra Georgieva 53 kg – Erika Karabeleva.

The head coach of the national team is Farzad Zolkhadri.