At the Olympics, the day for Bulgarian athletes started with a victory and losses. In the table tennis qualifiers, Polina Trifonova eliminated Cameroon's Sarah Hanffou with 4: 1 and in the first round of the main draw she will face Sarah de Nutte from Luxembourg.
Judoka Yanislav Gerchev was eliminated in the round of 16 in the category up to 60 kg. The Bulgarian lost with an "ipon" in the overtime of a match against the Taiwanese judoka Yang Yung-wei .
Two-time European badminton champions Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva lost 1: 2 their first match in the Olympics against the representatives of South Korea Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong.
In his debut at the Olympics, gymnast David Huddlestone played with an ankle injury on all six apparatuses, but failed to overcome the qualifications.
The Bulgarian national team won a 1-0 victory versus Luxembourg in the penultimate match from the C3 group of the Nations League. The Bulgarian footballers performed up to par in the first half, but the second half was a challenge for them,..
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",..
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