The legendary Bulgarian weightlifting coach Ivan Abadjiev has passed away. Ivan Abadjiev is among the sports experts who contributed the most to the development of the Bulgarian sport. Abadjiev was born in 1932 in the town of Novi Pazar. He won silver medal at the world weightlifting championships in 1957. In 1969 Ivan Abadjiev headed the Bulgarian national weightlifting team and helped Bulgarian athletes win over 100 gold medals at summer Olympic Games, world and European weightlifting championships.
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..
Alexandra Feigin won the title at the international figure skating tournament "Bosphorus Cup" in Istanbul. The Bulgarian took the lead in the short..
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