The legendary Bulgarian weightlifting coach Ivan Abadjiev has passed away. Ivan Abadjiev is among the sports experts who contributed the most to the development of the Bulgarian sport. Abadjiev was born in 1932 in the town of Novi Pazar. He won silver medal at the world weightlifting championships in 1957. In 1969 Ivan Abadjiev headed the Bulgarian national weightlifting team and helped Bulgarian athletes win over 100 gold medals at summer Olympic Games, world and European weightlifting championships.
The first run Vazrazhdane 5K is taking place from the centre of Sofia today to popularize outdoor track and field as a suitable kind of sport for elite runners but also for people of all ages and social groups. Mirela Demireva, silver medal..
Two weeks after the marathon swim in the Danube, when Tsanko Tsankov swam a distance of 120 kms. nonstop, the achievement was officially ratified by the World Record Association. The swimmer received an authenticity certificate from the..
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Arm wrestling is rarely talked about in Bulgaria as a prestigious sport, but we can boast with being a world power in this sport as our athletes have..
Nurgyul Salimova scored her first victory at the Grand Prix chess tournament in the Kazakh city of Shymkent . In an eighth-round match, she defeated..
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