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HR-GOLD MEDAL-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3753 HINA ZAGREB, SEPTEMBER 17 CROATIAN WEIGHTLIFTER NIKOLAY PECHALOV WINS GOLD MEDALSYDNEY, Sept 17 (Hina) - Croatian weightlifter Nikolay Pechalov claimed gold in the men's
63 kg category at the 27th Olympic Games in Sydney on Sunday, winning Croatia's second gold medal ever. Croatia's first Olympic gold was won by its team-handball players at the Olympics in Atlanta. Lifting a total of 325 kg, Pechalov equalled the world record set in Sofia early this year and set the new Olympic record. The owner of nine medals from world and European championships, including a gold medal from Barcelona and a bronze from Atlanta, which he claimed under the Bulgarian flag, Pechalov added today's medal to his collection as a member of the Croatian team. Greece's Leonidas Sabanis took the silver and Sevdalin Minchev claimed bronze. "I am thrilled about winning the medal. This is not a medal for Croatia or Bulgaria but for me and all friends and