Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Two second places for Bulgaria at IAAF Diamond League in Rome

Ivet Lalova
Photo: BGNES

Bulgarian athletes Mirela Demireva and Ivet Lalova-Collio won two places at the Diamond League tournament in Rome. High jumper Demireva reached her personal achievement for the season of 194 cm but could not improve it. Winner in the discipline became Russian Maria Lasitskene with 202 cm.

Lalova showed good performance at the 200-m sprint event and finished her run for 22.64 seconds, which is her best result for the season. Faster than her was only Marie-Josée Ta Lou of Cote d'Ivoire.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Stoeva sisters will play in the badminton quarterfinals in Paris

Badminton players Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva have qualified for the quarterfinals of Olympic Games for the first time in their careers.  The sisters from Haskovo overcame their Group B at the Paris 2024 women's doubles tournament. They..

published on 7/30/24 1:22 PM
Boxer Stanimira Petrova

8 Bulgarian athletes will participate in Day 4 of competition at the Olympics

The Summer Olympic Games and the Bulgarian participation in them continue in Paris. On 30 July, Tuesday, in the women's boxing tournament in the 54 kg category, Stanimira Petrova will compete against Huang Hsiao-wen from Taipei in the 8th round...

published on 7/30/24 9:12 AM

Antoaneta Kostadinova and Kiril Kirov eliminated in the 10m air pistol mixed team qualification

Bulgarian shooters Antoaneta Kostadinova and Kiril Kirov were eliminated in the 10m air pistol mixed team qualification at the Olympic Games in Paris. They scored a total of 574 points and finished 12th. Kostadinova scored 288 points in her three..

published on 7/29/24 11:54 AM