Bulgaria’s participation in the 24th Winter Olympic Games in Beijing ends without medals for the country. The Games close today. Bulgaria participated with 16 competitors in 7 sports - alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding, figure skating and sledding.
Alpine skier Albert Popov was the most successful among the Bulgarian team, finishing 9th in the slalom and 17th in the giant slalom.
European vice-champion in boxing, Radoslav Rosenov, secured an Olympic quota in the up to 63.5 kg category after defeating Alexandru Paraskiv from Moldova at the tournament in Bangkok. He is the fifth Bulgarian boxer to qualify for the Paris Games...
The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov won 6:0, 6:3, 6:4 against Hungarian Fábián Marozsán in the second round of Roland Garros. Throughout the match, Dimitrov was dominating against his opponent. In the third round..
We highly appreciate the readiness of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to support the efforts and ambition of Bulgaria to organize the hosting of the Winter Youth Olympics, said President Rumen Radev at a meeting with the President of the IOC..
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