Balgarianovinite.com Malena Zamfirova was knocked out in dramatic fashion in Sunday’s round of 16 of the women’s parallel giant slalom in Alpine snowboarding at the Milano Cortina Olympics.
The 16-year-old, who set the tenth-fastest time in the qualification run earlier in the day, lost by only 0.02 seconds to Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (Germany) in the first round of the direct eliminations.
Hofmeister, a four-time winner of the World Cup in the parallel disciplines and a bronze medallist at the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics, had the advantage of choosing the course and opted for the faster blue one. The clash began evenly, after which Zamfirova opened one of her turns a little too much in the middle of the run, allowing the German to pull ahead. The young Bulgarian caught up and in the final metres the two were side by side, but in the end Hofmeister triumphed by the smallest of margins.
The defending champion from Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022, Ester Ledecka (Czechia), continued her dominant performance with a convincing win over Claudia Riegler (Austria), finishing 1.13 seconds ahead. Snowboarder Malena Zamfirova Narrowly Defeated in Parallel Giant Slalom Round of 16 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-08 14:03:52 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law