Hours before Petar Stoychev arrived in Japan for the final swimming marathon across the Tsugaru Strait of the Seven Oceans series, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake and typhoon struck . A tsunami was also expected. "Japan was a very surprising trip. The..
Bulgaria’s Karlos Nasar snatched the gold in weightlifting in the 89 kgs. category at the Olympic Games in Paris. He crushed all competition and grabbed the title, setting a world record in the two lifts total. The Paris-born 20-year old..
The Bulgarian Swimming Federation has received an official certificate from World Aquatics for the world record in the 400 m U23 freestyle set by Petar Mitsin. Bulgarian Petar Mitsin grabs gold in European U23 Swimming Championships in..
Karlos Nasar won gold in the clean and jerk and broke the world record at the World Weightlifting Championships in Bogota (Colombia). The 18-year-old Bulgarian made three unsuccessful attempts in the snatch, before achieving a..
Bulgarian pilot Captain Nikolay Kalaidjiev of the Bulgarian Air Force broke the Guinness World Record for taking off and landing with an ultralight aircraft within one hour. He did this at Draganovtsi airport near Gabrovo in front of more than 250..
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Yordanka Blagoeva's world record in the high jump. The achievement of 24 September 1972 is the first world record for Bulgarian athletics. In Zagreb, Croatia, the Bulgarian athlete jumped 194 cm , crossing the bar..
On the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the first broadcasts of the Bulgarian National Radio abroad, "Radio Bulgaria" launched a quiz with questions from the spheres of Bulgarian culture, history, tourism, sports and music. Last time we asked..
To donate your organs in order to save life when your life ends is one of the highest forms of empathy. You leave a piece of yourself to an unknown person who has been waiting for years for the miracle to happen and receive organ transplant...
Last year Bulgaria’s athlete Tsanko Tsankov swam the 44.7 kilometer-long distance from Cape Emine to Cape Maslen Nos and became the only athlete who swam the water section of Burgas Bay. Now, he has another dream- to overcome a test beyond human..