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.
Almost 350 contestants from 3 continents – Europe, Asia and America – have applied for participation in the first Rhodo Rock ultramarathon organized by Momchilgrad municipality, the Bulgarian news agency BTA has reported, citing the organizers...
Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova will be competing in the Olympic Games in Paris, the Bulgarian Tennis Federation has announced. The contestants in the singles will be announced officially on Monday, but it is clear Viktoriya Tomova will enter the..
The football teams of Bulgaria and Romania finished 0-0 in a friendly match played in front of 20,000 spectators at the Steaua Stadium in Bucharest. Goalkeeper Ivan Dyulgerov became a hero for the Bulgarian national team, as he saved..
The 4 th edition of the Ravnogor Scorelauf Marathon is taking place today in Ravnogor village in the Rhodopes. The organizers promise a unique run,..
Bulgarian tennis player Viktoriya Tomova has started her participation in the grass-court tournament in Bad Homburg, Germany, with a..
Tihomir Ivanov won the men's high jump competition at the Sinner Hochsprungmeeting tournament in Sinn, Germany. The 29-year-old Bulgarian champion jumped..
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