Stiliana Nikolova won a bronze medal at the individual all-around final at the 39th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia. The seventeen-year-old athlete claimed the first world individual all-around medal for Bulgaria since 2001, when Simona Peycheva won the silver in Madrid.
Earlier, Nikolova claimed three silver medals in the apparatus finals, at hoop, ribbon and clubs.
Boryana Kaleyn, who was among the favourites for a gold medal at the 39th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia had to pull out of the competition due to an illness.
Sofia Raffaeli won the gold medal for Italy. The all-around silver went to Darja Varfolomeev of Germany. Sofia Raffaeli, Darja Varfolomeev and Stiliana Nikolova earned quotas for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Hristo Tsvetkov won the Vitosha 100 km ultra-marathon and mountain-biking race for the fifth consecutive time, improving his own record. According to the Bulgarian News Agency BTA, he finished the 100-kilometre course in 6:56:40, which is 42 minutes..
The 3rd FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships in Sofia were officially opened by Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Assoc. Prof. Stoyan Andonov. More than 370 gymnasts from over 70 countries will compete for the top places in the Arena..
Bulgaria scored a second victory in the Volleyball Nations League 2025 in Quebec, Canada, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. The Bulgarian national squad, with coach Gianlorenzo Blengini, defeated Germany in 3:2 games (25:22, 22:25,..
The draw for the FIDE Women’s World Cup, which begins on July 5 in Batumi (Georgia), has been finalized. Among the 107 competitors are three..
Israeli basketball club Hapoel Tel Aviv has officially announced plans to host its home games for the 2025/2026 EuroLeague season in Sofia , the capital..
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