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 first attempt and he passed the 12-m mark three times more – a unique performance from among all finalists. Ruzhdi is followed by Hamid Amiri of Iran and Lech Stoltman of Poland. Ruzhdi also joined the discus throw and ranked 6th.
Nineteen-year-old Tervel Zamfirov achieved his highest ever World Cup finish in alpine snowboarding with a career-best fourth place in the parallel giant slalom in Bansko. Fellow Bulgarian Radoslav Yankov was stopped in the quarter-finals by none..
Radoslav Yankov and Tervel Zamfirov qualified for the first parallel giant slalom of the World Cup in Bansko. Yankov secured second place with a time of 1 minute 13.62 seconds, while Zamfirov finished seventh, achieving a personal best and improving..
A total of 135 competitors from 19 countries will compete in the VISA FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup in Bansko this weekend, January 18-19. Bulgaria will be represented by its top snowboarders, led by Radoslav Yankov, t he country's only FIS..
Malena Zamfirova won second place in the parallel giant slalom event of the Snowboard World Cup round in Krynica, Poland. This is the first time the..
Isabella Shinikova, Bulgaria, won the singles title at the Sharm el Sheikh hard court tennis tournament with USD 15,000 in prize money. In the final,..
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