Four nations – Italy, USA, Germany and France, won three gold medals each at the World Rowing Championships (men) which closed in Plovdiv.
The first place in the overall rankings was claimed by the Italian rowers who won apart from the gold, four silver and one bronze medal. The Americans won the silver three times and the bronze – four times. They ended the race with the biggest number of medals.
Bulgaria scored its most successful performance on the last day of the competition. The newly formed men’s double scull – Kristian Vasilev and Boris Yotov, placed 12th in the scull rankings after the two finished 6th in Final B.
The President of the International Rowing Federation Jean-Christophe Rolland praised Bulgaria for the excellent organization of the Championships.
Kiril Despodov was voted Bulgaria’s Footballer of the Year for the fourth time in his career. Despodov won the vote with 317 points. During the past season, he scored 19 goals and made 22 assists, playing a key role in winning the Bulgarian Cup and..
National 10,000m marathon record holder Militsa Mircheva has set a second national record in the 5km road race in Leicester, UK. Mircheva finished 15th in the elite competition with a time of 15:43, two seconds faster than her previous..
Bulgaria’s best male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov and the country’s best female tennis player Viktoriya Tomova have climbed the world tennis rankings. Dimitrov climbed to Rank 12 of the ATP rankings after his participation at the round of sixteen in..
Bulgaria’s best male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov and the country’s best female tennis player Viktoriya Tomova have climbed the world tennis rankings...
National 10,000m marathon record holder Militsa Mircheva has set a second national record in the 5km road race in Leicester, UK. Mircheva..
Kiril Despodov was voted Bulgaria’s Footballer of the Year for the fourth time in his career. Despodov won the vote with 317 points. During the past..
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