Ruzhdi Ruzhdi has won a gold medal for Bulgaria at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, in the shot put event, Group F54/F55. His title’s worth is even greater as it was won with a world record of 12.33 m. The Bulgarian athlete achieved this result with his..
Bulgaria’s top sprinter Ivet Lalova placed eighth in the 200 m race final at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro clocking 22.69 sec. This has been her second participation in an Olympic 200 m final. Twelve years ago in Athens she ranked fifth in..
On the 12 th day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 21-year-old debutant in wrestling Elitsa Yankova won the first medal in these games for Bulgaria – third place and bronze in the 48 kg category. She succeeded in a dramatic match versus..
Linda Zetchiri was successful at the start of her participation in the Rio Games badminton tournament. In her first match in Group 4 she defeated Sabrina Jaquetof Switzerland 2:0. Tonight Zetchiri is playing versus Kristy Gilmour from UK. Sisters..
Ivet Lalova has missed the 100 m race semifinals in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic track-and- field tournament. The top Bulgarian sprinter felt minor pain after a strain and has been to see a doctor. After consultations with her coach Ivet Lalova..
At his first match in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Bulgarian boxer Daniel Asenov defeated Argentine Fernando Martinez in the 52 kg category. His next rival is Africa’s champion and bronze medalist from the latest world championships Mohamed..
Gabriela Petrova has remained outside the final in the triple jump held on the first day of the Olympic track-and-field tournament in Rio de Janeiro. She jumped 13.92 m in her third jump, and this was the best from her today. Petrova finished 11 th..
Bulgarian Radoslava Mavrodieva has failed to qualify for the women’s shot put final at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The Bulgarian athlete ended 11 th in the second qualification group and 21 st in the overall rankings, her best attempt..
Bulgarian foremost female athlete Ivet Lalova has qualified for the 100 m race semifinals in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic track and field tournament. She finished third in her series clocking 11.35 seconds. Her time was good enough to send her to the..
Bulgarian badminton players, the sisters Gabriela and Stefani Stoevi, have had a second loss in the Rio Olympic badminton tournament’s Group D. Sisters Stoevi lost 14:21, 11:21 to the second in the world rankings, Y.N. Tang and Y. Yu of China. This way..
