Balgarianovinite.com Tervel Zamfirov and Radoslav Yankov qualified for the round of 16 in the Parallel Giant Slalom of alpine snowboarding at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Sunday. Bulgaria’s third competitor, Alexander Krashniak, was eliminated in the qualifying rounds on the Livigno course.
The 20-year-old Zamfirov, world champion in parallel slalom from Engadin 2025, delivered a solid performance, finishing fifth in the qualifiers with a time of 1:26.58 in his Olympic debut. He will face Germany’s Elias Huber in the round of 16 Sunday after 2:24 pm CET.
36-year-old Yankov, competing in his fourth Olympics, recorded 13th place in the qualifiers with 1:27.44 and advanced past the Winter Games qualifying rounds for only the second time in his career, after finishing 15th in Beijing 2022. In the first elimination round, he will meet Arnaud Gaudet of Canada.
21-year-old Olympic debutant Alexander Krashniak made mistakes and finished second-to-last, 31st overall, with 1:32.27.
The fastest in the qualifying rounds was Roland Fischnaller of Italy, world champion in the discipline, with a time of 1:25.13. Second place went to another Italian, Aaron March, who recorded 1:26.08, while defending Beijing 2022 champion Benjamin Karl of Austria posted the third-best time at 1:26.49. Tervel Zamfirov and Radoslav Yankov Advance to Round of 16 in Parallel Giant Slalom at Milan-Cortina Olympics 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-08 12:10:07 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