Bulgarian open water swimming star Petar Stoychev showed an outstanding performance and broke the record for the Triple Crown. It includes crossing the English Channel, swimming around Manhattan Island and crossing the Catalina Channel in Southern California. The Bulgarian swam the final distance of 32.3 km. for 8h42m on Monday. He finished in the Triple Crown with a total time of 22h8m 46s, beating the previous best time by 2h29m. It belonged of Marcia Cleveland from the US.
In addition to the English Channel and Catalina, Stoychev has already crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, Cook Strait and Molokai Channel. To complete the prestigious Oceans Seven marathon, the Bulgarian has to swim across the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland and the Tsugaru Strait in Japan.
Sisters Stefani Stoeva and Gabriela Stoeva have secured medals at the European Badminton Championships by qualifying for the semifinals of the women's doubles competition in Horsens (Denmark). The Bulgarians, who are seeded No. 1..
Grigor Dimitrov had to play a three-set match against the 255th in the world Valentin Vacherot, but in the end he managed to qualify for the third round of the Masters series tournament in Monte Carlo with a prize fund of 6.1 million..
Olympic champion Magomed Ramazanov has won the freestyle wrestling title in the 86 kg category at the European Championships in Bratislava. After a remarkable comeback in the final, the Bulgarian athlete won against..
The Great Britain's Girls' Rhythmic Gymnastics Ensemble held a training camp in Sofia. Its preparation was entirely under the guidance of our former..
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