Bulgarian open water swimming star Petar Stoychev showed an outstanding performance and broke the record for the Triple Crown. It includes crossing the English Channel, swimming around Manhattan Island and crossing the Catalina Channel in Southern California. The Bulgarian swam the final distance of 32.3 km. for 8h42m on Monday. He finished in the Triple Crown with a total time of 22h8m 46s, beating the previous best time by 2h29m. It belonged of Marcia Cleveland from the US.
In addition to the English Channel and Catalina, Stoychev has already crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, Cook Strait and Molokai Channel. To complete the prestigious Oceans Seven marathon, the Bulgarian has to swim across the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland and the Tsugaru Strait in Japan.
Viktoriya Tomova started the Indian Wells tennis tournament with a win against Olga Danilović (Serbia). Tomova won in straight sets (6-2, 6-3) after 98 minutes of play. Viktoriya Tomova had the upper hand in all aspects of the game against..
Bulgarian gymnasts Dimitar Dimitrov and Eddie Penev qualified for the floor final on the first day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku (Azerbaijan). This is the first competition of the year for Dimitrov, who received a score of 13.366..
Tervel Zamfirov won the world title in parallel slalom at the FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships in Poland. Yesterday, the 20-year-old Bulgarian became world champion in the parallel giant slalom. As in yesterday’s final, Zamfirov managed to defeat..
The executive committee of the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation has made the decision that at championships, tournaments and camps communication inside..
Stiliana Nikolova won a silver medal in the all-around at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Sofia. A step out of bounds during her ribbon routine cost..
Beloslava Krasteva defeated the European Champion Ulviyya Fataliyeva from Azerbaijan with the white pieces in the sixth round of the European Women's..
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