Bulgarian Todor Dimitrov raised the Bulgarian flag in New York after finishing the world’s longest road race – the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race (almost 5,400 kms.) in 51 days, 17 hours, 8 minutes and 38 seconds.
This makes Todor Dimitrov one of 44 runners in the world to have completed the race in its 22-year long history. In the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, also known as the “Mount Everest of ultramarathons”, the runners run in the course of 52 days in Queens, New York, making more than 5,600 laps.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first Bulgarian expedition to climb Everest, the world's highest peak. On 20 April 1984, 41-year-old Hristo Prodanov climbed the most difficult western slope without an oxygen mask . He reached the..
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..
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first Bulgarian expedition to climb Everest, the world's highest peak. On 20 April 1984, 41-year-old..
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