Hours before Petar Stoychev arrived in Japan for the final swimming marathon across the Tsugaru Strait of the Seven Oceans series, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake and typhoon struck . A tsunami was also expected. "Japan was a very surprising trip. The..
Bulgaria's Petar Stoychev, recognized as the world's most successful swimmer in the marathon, recorded yet another serious achievement by becoming the first Bulgarian to swim across the Cook Strait, connecting the South and North Islands of New Zealand..
Bulgarian swimmer Tsanko Tsankov, who participates in the toughest swimming marathons in the world Oceans Seven, has been nominated in the "Man of the Year" category in the rankings of the World Open Water Swimming Association (WOWSA) . The..
In the first days of October, the Bulgarian Marin Grigorov swam around the New York island of Manhattan. The water route is 47 km long and is known as the "20 bridges". It is the world's longest regulated one-day open water swim. Similar swimming tours..
The 18-year-old Romanian swimmer David Popovici is the winner of the 49th edition of BTA's "Best Athletes of the Balkans" survey for 2022. The only Bulgarian in the top 10 - the basketball player Alexander Vezenkov - was ranked 8th. Popovici won..
On September 6, Tsanko Tsankov will embark on his next challenge - he will become the first Bulgarian to participate in the crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Africa, part of the Ocean's Seven marathon chain . The start is in..
One of Bulgaria’s top swimmers in recent years Anthony Ivanov announced he was staying in USA, in an exclusive interview on the YouTube channel the Jungle of Sports. He does not intend to return to Bulgaria after graduating from Virginia Tech..
Bulgaria's Josif Miladinov has made a historic swim in Tokyo and after a time of 51.06 seconds qualified for the 100m butterfly final. The 18-year-old Bulgarian remained second in his series, being overtaken only by the Hungarian Kristóf Milák with..
Bulgarian swimmer Lyubomir Epitropov qualified for the 200 metres breaststroke semifinals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, setting a new national record. He clocked 2:09.68 minutes, for the first time dropping below 2:10 minutes in the event, and..
Bulgarian swimmer Diana Petkova has covered the "A" standard for participation in the Olympic Games in Tokyo. She also improved the national record in the 200m individual medley during the semifinals of the European Swimming Championship in Budapest...
