Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

New ice water adventure for swimmer Petar Stoychev - in Mongolia

Петър Стойчев
Photo: BGNES

Petar Stoychev, recognized as the most successful marathon swimmer in the world, is undertaking a new ice challenge. The Bulgarian swimmer is off to Mongolia to take part in a round of the Ice Swimming World Cup for the 2023/2024 season

The competition from the calendar of the International Ice Swimming Association (IISA) will take place in Lake in Hovsgol. It is at least several million years old and is considered the "younger brother of Lake Baikal". The disciplines are 500 meters, 1000 meters and one mile, called "ice mile". The lake freezes from late October to April. Ice swimming means the water temperature must be below 5 degrees.

A test swim of 2 minutes is scheduled for October 4. The race is on October 5.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Kimia Alizadeh

Iran's Kimia Alizadeh brought Bulgaria a European title in taekwondo

Iranian-born Olympic taekwondo star Kimia Alizadeh brought a European title to Bulgaria in her first competition under the Bulgarian flag.  The recently naturalised Iranian won gold in the 62kg category at the Old Continent Championships in the..

published on 5/13/24 4:16 PM
Ramazanov (in blue) vs Gamkrelidze (red)

Magomed Ramazanov wins fifth Olympic quota for Bulgarian wrestling

Magomed Ramazanov became the fifth Bulgarian wrestler who won a quota for the Olympic Games in Paris.  In Istanbul, he won his 86kg freestyle qualification match against world vice-champion Vladimi Gamkrelidze of Georgia in the closing seconds of..

published on 5/12/24 10:26 AM
Gergana Topalova

Topalova and Nesterov will vie for the title in tennis tournaments in Sweden and Italy

Gergana Topalova will be playing for the title at the Bastad tennis tournament in Sweden with prize money amounting to USD 25,000. At the semifinals Topalova defeated Irina Fetecau, Romania by 6-4, 6-3, and in the finals match will be playing..

published on 5/11/24 4:22 PM