Bulgarian wrestler to return 1996 Olympic gold as protest

 　　SOFIA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- A former Olympic gold medialist from Bulgaria said Wednesday that he's going to return his medal to pretest the IOC decision of dropping wrestling from the Olympic program.

　　Valentin Yordanov, a seven-time world championships title holder¹, won the 52-kilogram freestyle category at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996.

　　The 53-year-old said that the combined efforts of all national federations² would help keep wrestling back in the Olympics.

　　Wrestling has been the most successful Olympic sport in Bulgaria who won 16 Olympic titles in the previous editions of the grand event.

1 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

2 federations   

n.联邦( federation的名词复数 )；同盟；联盟；联合会

参考例句：

• These problems are women's special problems and special work of women's federations. 这样的问题，就是妇女的特殊问题，就是妇联的特殊工作。 来自互联网
• The Bridge Federate is a feasible solution to achieve multi-federations interconnection. 基于桥接成员实现多联邦互连是目前较为通用和可行的方法。 来自互联网