Twenty-year-old Bulgarian weightlifter Angel Rusev won a title at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana. Rusev finished third in the snatch event with 113 kilograms. However, he lifted 144 kilograms in the clean and jerk event and won the gold medal with a total of 257 kilograms.
Josue Brachi (Spain) placed second with a total of 256 kilograms. Dmytro Voronovskyi (Ukraine) won the bronze medal with a total of 242 kilograms. Bulgarian Deniz Danev who made his debut at European weightlifting championships finished fourth with a total of 220 kilograms. One year ago, Angel Rusev won the European title in the 55 kilogram category.
Bulgarian marathon swimmer Petar Stoychev has been officially listed in the Guinness Book of Records. This happens after Stoychev's successful participation in the seven largest open water marathons Oceans Seven , from March 14 to..
Over 400 competitors from 30 countries arrived in Plovdiv for the World Cup Women's and Men's Sabre. The event takes place from January 23 to 26. Olympic and world fencing champions will compete at the Kolodruma Sports Hall. The competition began..
With a time of 41 minutes and 12 seconds, Valentina Dimitrova won a gold medal at the European Junior Biathlon Championships. In the German winter center Altenberg, the Bulgarian won the individual 12.5 km event. Valentina made two..
Vesela Lecheva is running for chair of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC), her press service informed. The general election meeting of the..
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