BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria secured the mixed pair acrobatic gymnastics gold at the Youth Olympics on Monday by holding off challenges from Israel and Ukraine.

Mariela Kostadinova and Panayot Dimitrov posted a combined score of 27.850, just 0.260 ahead of Israel's Noa Kazado Yakar and Yonatan Fridman in the final.

Ukrainian pair Daryna Plokhotniuk and Oleksandr Madei took bronze with a final points tally of 27.450.

Belarus, Russia, Portugal, Kazakhstan and Great Britain were the other finalists.