Bozhidar Antonov from Kardzhali has set a new record on the 600-kilometre-long Balkan route from Kom Peak to Cape Emine. Members of his crew reported that he already had a lead of about five hours in the middle of the route. So the ultramarathon runner improved the existing record of the best Bulgarian athlete in mountain running Kiril Nikolov aka Disl from 2015, which he covered in 4 days, 13 hours and 5 minutes.
Also the record for covering the same Kom-Emine route by cycling was improved. Ilko Iliev made it in 2 days, 22 hours and 04 minutes, improving Borislav Yordanov's previous achievement by 45 minutes.
Bulgarian open-water swimmer Tsanko Tsankov swam one of the most difficult swimming marathons in the Ocean's Seven, his manager Nikolai Iliev reported. Tsankov swam the longest of the seven marathons, from the Molokai Island to Oahu in the..
In one of the mountains near Sofia - Vitosha, a new mountain race - Hut Hop Race will take place today starting at 10 am. The race is a run/walk with elements of map orientation using any navigational aids. Organizers are Kiril Nikolov "Dizela",..
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 Mongolia's Batkhuyag Munguntuul with the black pieces. Salimova took the initiative from the start and..
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