Bulgarian open water swimming star Petar Stoychev showed an outstanding performance and broke the record for the Triple Crown. It includes crossing the English Channel, swimming around Manhattan Island and crossing the Catalina Channel in Southern California. The Bulgarian swam the final distance of 32.3 km. for 8h42m on Monday. He finished in the Triple Crown with a total time of 22h8m 46s, beating the previous best time by 2h29m. It belonged of Marcia Cleveland from the US.
In addition to the English Channel and Catalina, Stoychev has already crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, Cook Strait and Molokai Channel. To complete the prestigious Oceans Seven marathon, the Bulgarian has to swim across the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland and the Tsugaru Strait in Japan.
Bulgarian heavyweight boxing pride Kubrat Pulev won the World Boxing Association (WBA) regular title in a fight with Mahmoud Charr last night at Arena Sofia in front of a crowd of over 12 thousand. Kubrat Pulev won a unanimous decision over Mahmoud..
20-year-old Bulgarian sports talent Karlos Nasar, the Olympic champion in weightlifting, is the winner of the 2024 Sports Icarus Award of the Bulgarian Sports Foundation. Nassar won the gold medal at the Paris Games in the 89 kg category, setting two..
Bulgarian Olympic silver medallist Boryana Kaleyn will give a master class for gymnasts in Monterrey (Mexico) from 5 to 8 December. Kaleyn will then hold a master class in Langreo (Spain) from 13 to 15 December. Bulgarian Boryana Kaleyn wins..
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