Georgi Peev won the 100m breaststroke title at the 2023 World Transplant Games held in Perth, Australia. Georgi Peev, who lives in the town of Haskovo (Southeastern Bulgaria), announced this news on his Facebook page. Athletes from 45 countries are participating in the 24th World Transplant Games.
Georgi Peev is the first double organ transplant recipient in Bulgaria who earned five medals from one European transplant game. Bulgaria is also represented by 63 year-old Ognyan Ganchev who is the longest- surviving transplant patient in Bulgaria. They received heart transplants at the University Hospital Professor Alexander Chirkov in 2006 and 2013.
Bulgaria’s most successful tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has kept his position in the top 10 of the world rankings published today. With 3 , 965 points he is in 10 th position thanks to the US Open quarterfinal. This week, Grigor Dimitrov..
Bulgaria’s tennis player Lia Karatancheva reached the final of the 2024 Ladies Open Vienna with a prize fund of USD 60,000. She defeated Iva Primorac (Croatia) 6:2, 6:3. If she wins her next match, the 20-year-old Bulgarian will win her..
Over 500 participants are taking part in the Sofia Ekiden (Relay) Marathon. The route passes through the centre of the capital city between the Vasil Levski National Stadium and the National Palace of Culture. The event is held for the tenth..
The first run Vazrazhdane 5K is taking place from the centre of Sofia today to popularize outdoor track and field as a suitable kind of sport for..
People with disabilities are veritable champions when it comes to willpower whatever their abilities, say the organizers of the festival “Happy hand in..
Two weeks after the marathon swim in the Danube, when Tsanko Tsankov swam a distance of 120 kms. nonstop, the achievement was officially ratified by the..
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