Balgarianovinite.com Ekaterina Dafovska congratulated biathlete Lora Hristova on her bronze medal for winning bronze in the women’s 15km individual at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games on Wednesday.
Dafovska, Bulgaria’s only Winter Olympic champion, also took part in the medal ceremony and presented Hristova with the Milan-Cortina 2026 mascot on behalf of the International Biathlon Union (IBU).
“Congratulations to Lora, to the team, to absolutely everyone involved,” Dafovska said. She voiced confidence that the result would inspire Hristova to deliver more strong performances.
“This medal gives them confidence that they worked the right way, because there was quite a lot of uncertainty before the Olympics,” Dafovska said. “It confirms that head coach Wolfgang Pichler’s programme works and that Lora followed everything. Everyone will have wings now. For the next starts, I expect them to relax a bit more. And Milena should calm down too, because she is in very good form as well,” she added.
Dafovska said she also expected a good performance from the men in the upcoming events.
“What our athletes achieved with a delegation of 20 people, two bronze medals, is something we should be grateful for,” Dafovska said. “At a Winter Olympics, we win a medal once every 20 years, it does not happen at every Games. But let’s dream of more, the more, the better,” she added.
She urged the State to take a more active role in supporting winter sports and infrastructure. “The government should think about winter training bases, and not only think, but act, rather than just taking photos with us when we have success,” Dafovska said.
After her win on Wednesday, Hristova also received congratulations from President Iliana Iotova, Outgoing Minister of Youth and Sports Ivan Peshev, Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) President Vesela Lecheva, and the IBU. Olympic Champion Dafovska Hails Biathlete Hristova’s Milan-Cortina Bronze 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-11 19:30:29 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