Yuliana Yaneva won the 4th Olympic quota for Bulgarian wrestling and the second for women’s wrestling. At the tournament in Istanbul she won against Davaanasan Enkh Amar, Mongolia in the 76 kg. qualification match.
The other Bulgarian wrestler – Mimi Hristova – lost the 68 kg. semifinal to Feng Zhou, China. However, if she wins in the repechages she still stands a chance of taking part in the tournament in Paris.
So far, Olympic quotas have been won by Bilyana Dudova (62 kg.), Yuliana Yaneva (76 kg.), Aik Mnatsakanian (77 kg.) and Semen Novikov (87 kg.)
Bulgarian marathon swimmer Petar Stoychev has been officially listed in the Guinness Book of Records. This happens after Stoychev's successful participation in the seven largest open water marathons Oceans Seven , from March 14 to..
Over 400 competitors from 30 countries arrived in Plovdiv for the World Cup Women's and Men's Sabre. The event takes place from January 23 to 26. Olympic and world fencing champions will compete at the Kolodruma Sports Hall. The competition began..
With a time of 41 minutes and 12 seconds, Valentina Dimitrova won a gold medal at the European Junior Biathlon Championships. In the German winter center Altenberg, the Bulgarian won the individual 12.5 km event. Valentina made two..
Vesela Lecheva is running for chair of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC), her press service informed. The general election meeting of the..
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