Tihomir Ivanov, champion at this year’s Summer Universiade in Italy, won a title in the high jump at the Balkan athletics championship in the Bulgarian town of Pravets, clearing 2.27 metres.
Sprinter Ivet Lalova-Collio won the 100 metres Balkan title, clocking 11.23 seconds (+1.2 m./sec.). Diana Weissman, Israel, came second with 11.25 seconds, and third – another Bulgarian competitor – Inna Eftimova with 11.56 seconds.
Former Bulgarian football legend Hristo Stoychkoff came to watch Ivet Lalova-Collio compete, as did Sebastian Coe, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations and former world pole vault record holder Sergey Bubka.
Tihomir Ivanov, who finished eighth in the high jump at the Paris Olympic Games , is back in the prestigious Diamond League of athletics. After a five-year break, he will compete in Chorzow, Poland, today and in the Italian capital, Rome, on 30..
Tonight at 5.30pm in front of St Alexander Nevski Cathedral in the centre of Sofia, the 71st edition of the Tour of Bulgaria will start. The competition, which will be held from August 25 to 29, will finish in Gabrovo. 18 international and 4 national..
Grigor Dimitrov will play versus qualifier Kyrian Jacquet of France in his first match at the United States Open , which begins on Monday. The Bulgarian is seeded 9 in the last Grand Slam tournament of the year. He will face the winner of..
The best Bulgarian tennis player Viktoriya Tomova won the first round of the powerful WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Beijing with a prize fund of nearly 9..
+359 2 9336 661