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• I presented our study on physical fitness of young artistic gymnasts at the UK's top conference in sport and exercise sciences, BASES Conference 2018 in Harrogate, England on 28 November 2018.

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  BASES Conference 2018

  28 November 2018
  At this conference I presented preliminary findings from our study on physical fitness of young artistic gymnasts, which is part of the following project: Assessment of the Physical Development in Bulgarian Artistic Gymnasts, won by my colleagues and I, and funded by Grant ‘08/15.02.2018’ from the National Sports Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria. Our presentation was part of the 5 slides in 5 minutes Free communication sessions at the BASES Conference in Harrogate.

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  Presenting our research at the 13th FIEP European Congress and 29th FIEP World Congress in Istanbul, Turkey

  28 September 2018
  I presented our research during the parallel sessions at the 13th FIEP European Congress & 29th FIEP World Congress in Istanbul. Our study was concerned with the reference gap in the European physical fitness percentile scores for the Alpha-fit test battery. The abstract was published as conference proceedings, and together with our presentation are both available for download.

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  Tool for assessing specific endurance in female karate practitioners

  26 July 2018
  Our study establishes the functional state of female karate practitioners during a Shotokan style kumite competition by measuring changes in the concentration of capillary blood lactate, and provides a competitive bout model for estimation of the specific enfurance in female karate practitioners. The study was supported by Grant ЦРАС-06/06-04-2017 from the National Sports Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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  Our Software has been published in a Peer-Reviewed Journal

  12 July 2018
  BeepShuttle Junior is our new software, which assesses the aerobic fitness of children and adolescents based on age- and gender specific international norms. The software was originally presented at the 12th FIEP European Congress in Luxembourg, in 2017. After this Congress, the study was built upon further and the complete article was accepted in the Journal of Advanced Sport Technology in July 2018.

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  On 30 May 2018, at the age of 30, I was officially admitted to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

  30 May 2018
  It was an honor to present my Doctoral Dissertation in front of this audience, including the Scientific Jury for this Official PhD Defence, lecturers and researchers from 3 Departments of the National Sports Academy (Biochemistry and Physiology, Gymnastics, and Physical Education), as well as parents of the gymnasts I coached and their children.