Bulgaria’s bid to host the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics is supported at the highest level at the International Olympic Committee. The budget for the operational expenses is between EUR 30 and 40 million, Bulgaria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Krasen Kralev announced on Facebook. The Bulgarian delegation which attended the 133rd Session of the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aires had a sixty minute meeting with the technical team of IOC. It will consult Bulgaria during the preparation of its candidature to host the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. The President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee Stefka Kostadinova and Bulgaria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Krassen Kralev met with the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach.
Nineteen-year-old Tervel Zamfirov achieved his highest ever World Cup finish in alpine snowboarding with a career-best fourth place in the parallel giant slalom in Bansko. Fellow Bulgarian Radoslav Yankov was stopped in the quarter-finals by none..
Radoslav Yankov and Tervel Zamfirov qualified for the first parallel giant slalom of the World Cup in Bansko. Yankov secured second place with a time of 1 minute 13.62 seconds, while Zamfirov finished seventh, achieving a personal best and improving..
A total of 135 competitors from 19 countries will compete in the VISA FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup in Bansko this weekend, January 18-19. Bulgaria will be represented by its top snowboarders, led by Radoslav Yankov, t he country's only FIS..
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