site.btaBulgaria's Olympic Weightlifting Champion: "Formula for Success Is Perseverance and Love for What You Do"

Bulgaria's Olympic weightlifting champion from the Paris Games, Karlos Nasar, said that the "formula for success is perseverance and love for what you do”. The athlete was speaking Wednesday after an award ceremony which was held at the Council of Ministers for the Bulgarian athletes who ranked among the top eight in their respective events at the Paris Olympics. Nasar grabbed the Olympic gold in the 89 kg  Olympic competition, setting world records of 404 kg in the total and 224 kg in the clean and jerk.  

"The formula for success is perseverance and love for what you do. This competition cost me a lifetime of training and effort. It took a lot of losses and a lot of wins, but I succeeded, and it was worth it. I have done all this over the years to get on the podium and hear the Bulgarian anthem. This is the most amazing feeling I have ever had," Nasar said. 

"My loved ones who were by my side helped me. My coach Ilian Iliev, who is no longer with us, helped me. My love for sport and the example I want to set for the young helped me. Bulgaria needs a strong spirit, which is there, but it sleeps somewhere deep inside us. As you have seen, success comes when it (the strong spirit) wakes up," the athlete added. 

The next competition for Nasar is the World Weightlifting Championships which will be held in Bahrain in December.