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.
“These 2010 cms. prove that there is no limit to human capabilities, and disprove pessimists that some athletic records will be eternal,” Bulgarian Olympic Committee chair Stefka Kostadinova said in a comment on the breaking of the women’s high jump..
15-year-old Viktor Nikolov finished second in the overall standings at the Sodi W Finals World Karting Championship in Genk, Belgium, becoming the first Bulgarian to achieve such a result. After five rounds, the Bulgarian racer had 186 points,..
Grigor Dimitrov scored a three-set victory (6:3, 6:4, 6:3) against Gaël Monfils from France on his way to the fourth round of Wimbledon. Thus, for the second year in a row, he reaches this phase of the tournament. The Bulgarian..
15-year-old Viktor Nikolov finished second in the overall standings at the Sodi W Finals World Karting Championship in Genk, Belgium, becoming the first..
“These 2010 cms. prove that there is no limit to human capabilities, and disprove pessimists that some athletic records will be eternal,” Bulgarian..
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