Balgarianovinite.com Blagoy Todev delivered on Tuesday the best performance among the Bulgarian biathletes in the men’s 20km individual event at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
The 24-year-old finished 22nd in 56:34.9 minutes on the course in Antholz-Anterselva after making just two shooting errors, one in the first prone stage and one in the final standing stage. With a clean last shot, Todev would have placed 17th. In his second Olympic appearance, he recorded his best individual Olympic result.
The other four Bulgarians struggled on the shooting range and finished outside the top 60.
Anton Sinapov placed 69th in 1:00:50.1 hours with four misses. The most experienced athlete in the squad, 38-year-old Vladimir Iliev, competing at his fifth Olympic Games, and Winter Olympics debutant Konstantin Vasilev each made nine errors at the range.
Iliev, the world silver medallist in the discipline from Ostersund 2019, finished 75th in 1:01:22.8 hours, while Vasilev placed three positions lower in 1:01:55.1 hours. Both received nine penalty minutes due to their shooting mistakes.
The title went to 26-year-old Norwegian Johan-Olav Botn. He was one of only two athletes among the 89 starters to shoot perfectly, hitting all 20 targets to finish in 51:31.5 minutes. Botn claimed the most significant achievement of his career and won his first medal at a major championship.
France’s world champion Eric Perrot took silver after one miss in his second shooting stage, finishing 14.8 seconds behind the winner.
The bronze medal was won by Norway’s Sturla Holm Laegreid, world champion from Pokljuka 2021, who made one error in his third shooting stage and finished 48.3 seconds behind Botn. Blagoy Todev 22nd in Men’s 20km Biathlon at Milano Cortina Olympics 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-10 17:36:17 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
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