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 holder, 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 federations 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.