Bulgarian-born Mirela Rahneva, who competes for Canada, set a record in skeleton racing at the Olympics in Beijing, clocking 1:02.03 in the first leg. In the second leg she made several errors and finished 18th, which puts her in 9th position in the temporary rankings.
Mirela Rahneva was born in 1988 in Ruse, Bulgaria, her father is a gymnast and her mother an elite sprinter. The family emigrated to Canada in 1997. She started competing in skeleton in 2012 and has been part of the Canadian national team since 2016.
Kiril Kirov entered the men's 10-meter pistol final at the World Shooting Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, BTA reported. The best Bulgarian shooter for last year gave the fifth result in the qualifications with 582 points, five less than the leader..
Bulgaria’s chess player Nadya Toncheva has qualified for the 2025 Chess World Cup. In 2023, she also participated in the single elimination Women’s Chess World Cup and lost in the first round to Grandmaster Deimante Cornette (Lithuania). In order..
In a symbolic handover at the closure of this year's European Rowing Championships in Szeged, Hungary, Plovdiv stepped into the spotlight as the next destination for Europe's premier rowing event in 2025. Annamarie Phelps, Chair of European Rowing,..
The Bulgarian National Paralympic Team is taking part in the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships in Japan. The event opened today and will..
UEFA has imposed a fine on the Bulgarian CSKA football team to the tune of 450,000 euros for failing to meet the "no arrears" requirements. The..
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