The swimming challenge is 6400 meters long and has a 50-year-long tradition in the city of Burgas. The start of the swimming marathon is on the island of St. Anastasia at 9.30 am on June 18. The final point of the competition is the Bridge of..
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...
Bulgarian swimmer Antani Ivanov set a new national record in the 200m butterfly and qualified for the semifinals of the European Swimming Championships in Budapest. The Bulgarian achieved the second best time in the series - 1:54.72 minutes, which..
More than 300 students will take part in the XXI Varna Universiade, which starts today and will run until April 24 , BNR Varna reported. All events will carried out in accordance with the epidemiological situation in the country and will be held only..
230 swimmers from three countries – Bulgaria, Serbia and Turkey – will be competing in the Grand Prix Burgas tournament, which is an Olympic qualifying event, Burgas municipality has announced. The organizers stress that at the tournament,..
Last year Bulgaria’s athlete Tsanko Tsankov swam the 44.7 kilometer-long distance from Cape Emine to Cape Maslen Nos and became the only athlete who swam the water section of Burgas Bay. Now, he has another dream- to overcome a test beyond human..
Bulgaria’s promising swimmer Josif Miladinov swam the 100 m Butterfly event at the state junior swimming championship in 51.55 seconds. This is the third-best result in Europe, the ranking of LEN European Aquatics shows, Sportal informs. Miladinov..
Twenty-year-old Bulgarian Alexander Popov who studies in Great Britain swam the English Channel successfully. He stopped the clock at 13.58 hours. Meanwhile, Popov, who is not a professional swimmer, is raising money for charity. Nearly GBP 5,000 was..
After swimming across the English Channel 9 years ago, Bulgaria’s top swimmer Petar Stoychev conquered another extreme challenge. The 41-year-old world champion at 25km from 2011 and 11-time winner of the World Cup in marathon swimming took the gold at..
