The Legendary Swimming Marathon World Cup winner for 11 consecutive years (2001-2011), World Champion in swimming in ice water in a pool near the Russian city of Murmansk in 2019, and winner in swimming in freezing conditions near the Norwegian island of Svalbard last year - Petar Stoychev, seems to have a worthy successor in the face of Radostin Krustev. At the championships, which took place from 12 to 15 January in the French town of Samois sur Seine, Krustev won the world title in swimming in icy waters.
The Bulgarian won the 500 m freestyle in 5 minutes and 36 seconds. No better time has been recorded by any competitor in the previous four editions of the championships. There was a tough competition as more than 500 swimmers from 70 countries around the world took part in the race.
Etropole, a small town in the Balkan range, is hosting open wrestling games today. The event, in which several wrestlers from the Bulgarian national team are taking part, opens at 10 AM at the local stadium Chavdar. The bouts will be in 5 age..
World-famous climber Nirmal Purja is arriving in Sofia and, on 8 June, will address a Bulgarian audience for the first time, the website 360mag writes. Purja is notable for having climbed all 14 eight-thousanders (peaks above 8,000 metres) in..
Bulgaria’s Aleksandar Vezenkov is eurobasket.com’s player No. 1 in Europe for 2023. Vezenkov, who is athlete No. 1 of Bulgaria, won other awards this season as well – he was officially named the Euroleague’s Most Valuable Player, he also won the..
After the convincing victory against Timofey Skatov (Kazakhstan) at the start of his 13 th participation at Roland Garros tournament in Paris,..
Grigor Dimitrov started his participation in the Roland Garros grand slam tennis tournament by defeating Timofey Skatov, Kazakhstan by 6-0, 6-3, 6-2...
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