Bulgaria’s swimmer Petar Stoychev won a new world title in swimming in icy waters in Murmansk, Russia. Stoychev covered the 1,000 meter distance in 12 minutes and 10 seconds and beat his personal best (by 5 seconds) scored in 2017 when he won the world title in ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany. A total of 403 swimmers from 32 countries took part at the ice waters swimming in Lake Semenovskem. Stoychev competed with 41 athletes in his discipline. In 2007 Petar Stoychev became the first man on earth who swam across the English Channel (La Manche) for less than 7 hours (6:57:50). In 2009 he was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in the USA and was named the world’s best swimmer in open waters.
Nurglyul Salimova has ended in a draw with Russia's Kateryna Lagno in the penultimate round of the World Chess Candidates Tournament in Toronto. In her 13th game the Bulgarian chess maser with the white pieces managed to get out of a very difficult..
A week after the extremely successful World Cup in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Sofia, where Bulgarian gymnasts won a full set of medals in the all-around, the Bulgarian girls finished with one silver medal at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku. In..
Bulgaria will no longer participate in rhythmic gymnastics competitions in Baku, Bulgarian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation President Iliana Raeva said. Her reaction comes after the undeservedly low score (35.750) given last night to the..
Yuliana Yaneva won the 4 th Olympic quota for Bulgarian wrestling and the second for women’s wrestling. At the tournament in Istanbul she won against..
An exhibition of 60 photos with the most memorable moments of Bulgarian and international sports from recent years will be arranged..
Gergana Topalova will be playing for the title at the Bastad tennis tournament in Sweden with prize money amounting to USD 25,000. At the semifinals..
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