Gabriela Petrova has remained outside the final in the triple jump held on the first day of the Olympic track-and-field tournament in Rio de Janeiro. She jumped 13.92 m in her third jump, and this was the best from her today. Petrova finished 11th in Group B of the qualifications and is 22nd in the final rankings. The winner is the silver medalist from London 2012 Caterine Ibarguen (Colombia) with 14.52 m, followed by Paraskevi Papachristou (Greece) with 14.43 m and Olga Rypakova (Kazakhstan) with 14.39 m.
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..
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 become European and world arm wrestling champions more than once. Thanks to athletes such as Plamen..
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov has been nominated for the World Tennis Association’s Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. He will be vying against Carlos..
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