Balgarianovinite.com Malena Zamfirova advanced on Sunday through the qualifying rounds in the Parallel Giant Slalom of alpine snowboarding at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
The 16-year-old completed two runs in the Snow Park in Livigno with a combined time of 1:34.29, securing a place in the round of 16 in her Olympic debut.
Zamfirova made a few mistakes on the unusually long and very hard 635-meter course, which featured 30 turning gates, and ranked 10th overall.
The elimination rounds for the medals begin at 2:00 pm time. Zamfirova will face Ramona Theresia Hofmeister of Germany in the first round, a four-time World Cup winner in parallel disciplines and bronze medalist at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.
The fastest in the qualifying rounds was Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic, defending champion from PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022, with a time of 1:30.79. Her compatriot Zuzana Maderova finished second with 1:31.48. World silver medalist Miki Tsubaki of Japan recorded the third-best time at 1:32.87. Malena Zamfirova Advances in Parallel Giant Slalom at Milan-Cortina Olympics 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-08 12:10:00 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