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Militsa Mircheva earns bronze at Balkan Half Marathon Championships

Photo: BGathletic.com

Bulgaria’s athlete Militsa Mircheva finished third at the Balkan Half Marathon Championships held in Zagreb (Croatia). Mircheva stopped the clock at 1:13:59 hours. Fatma Demir (Turkey) won the gold medal (1:13:48 hours), followed by Bojana Bjeljach (Croatia)- 1:13:56 hours.

This has been the first Balkan championships of the calendar of the Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations after the renewal of the season after the coronavirus pandemic,BGathletic.com announced.




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