At the Olympics, the day for Bulgarian athletes started with a victory and losses. In the table tennis qualifiers, Polina Trifonova eliminated Cameroon's Sarah Hanffou with 4: 1 and in the first round of the main draw she will face Sarah de Nutte from Luxembourg.
Judoka Yanislav Gerchev was eliminated in the round of 16 in the category up to 60 kg. The Bulgarian lost with an "ipon" in the overtime of a match against the Taiwanese judoka Yang Yung-wei .
Two-time European badminton champions Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva lost 1: 2 their first match in the Olympics against the representatives of South Korea Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong.
In his debut at the Olympics, gymnast David Huddlestone played with an ankle injury on all six apparatuses, but failed to overcome the qualifications.
Tsanko Tsankov is back on home soil in Burgas after his recent participation in the Gdynia Winter Swimming Cup in Poland. The Bulgarian swimmer won three gold medals in the 1,000m, 200m and 450m freestyle events in the Baltic Sea. In an..
Adriana Boyadzhieva brought Bulgaria's first gold medal at the European Karate Championship in the Polish city of Bielsko-Biala . In the final of the 54 kg category kumite Adriana recorded a new convincing success - over Sofia Halievska from Ukraine..
The wrestlers from the "Stanka Zlateva" sports club in Sliven, Emine Osman and Nesrin Suleymanova, will turn their attention to applying to the Academy of the Ministry of Interior. This was announced by their personal trainer Stanka..
Professional MMA fighter Aleksandra Toncheva will fight for the title of the leading Swedish fighting organization "Battle of Botnia". Toncheva will face..
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