Eighteen young competitors are representing Bulgaria at the Special Olympics World Games, March 14 – 21, in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
More than 7,000 athletes have applied for participation in the 24 sports at the Games. The Special Olympics will be attended by over 3,000 official guests, 20,000 volunteers and an audience of almost 500,000. The Bulgarian athletes will be competing in 7 sports – athletics, bocce, badminton, equestrianism, swimming, triathlon and tennis.
Petar Stoychev has become the first Bulgarian to swim the Strait of Gibraltar under the Oceans Seven rules without a wetsuit. Stoychev covered the distance from the European coast in the Spanish town of Tarifa to the African coast in Morocco in..
Bulgaria's Viktorio Iliev has become European boxing champion at the EUBC Youth Men and Women European Boxing Championships in Poreč, Croatia, in the under-60 kg category. In the final, he defeated Bohdan Cheldyk from Ukraine. Bulgaria..
Bulgaria won five medals on the last day of the 2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Sofia. Stiliana Nikolova won the gold in the ball and the ribbon finals, and a silver medal in the hoop final. Boryana Kaleyn won silver medal at the clubs..
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