Balgarianovinite.com Bulgaria won five medals on the first day of the BAUHAUS Down Syndrome World Championships Bulgaria 2026 in Sofia on Monday. BTA is a media partner of the championship.
Svetoslav Bogdanov secured Bulgaria’s first medal at the event. He won bronze in the 1,500-metre race walk. The Bulgarian athlete finished third with a time of 11:52.04 minutes as Turkiye’s Mahmut Kutsal claimed gold in 10:34.99 minutes.
Alexander Asenov won the triathlon title with a new world record. The Bulgarian athlete amassed 2,748 points. Asenov finished the 100-metre sprint in 13.46 seconds, scored 9.13 metres in the shot put, and 4.62 metres in the long jump. Czech representatives David Vodstrcil and Stephan Schwarz finished second and third with 2,471 and 2,217 points respectively.
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts took silver and bronze. Both medals came at the all-around competitions – Mihaela Rangelova finished second in the junior category and the Bulgarian team (Vasilena Bogdanova, Tomislava Stoyanova, Dilyana Popova, Anika Kassabova and Ivana Kirilova) finished third in the senior.
The country enjoyed success in the artistic gymnastics as well – Emiliyan Kostadinov, Ramonola Sikander and Plamen Grozdanov won the team bronze medal. Bulgaria scored 159.050 points and came in third place in the team competition behind Italy with 168.300 and Norway with 160.650.
Nearly 400 athletes from 27 countries are competing in the Championships, which run until June 19. Bulgaria is represented by 20 athletes in athletics, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, tennis and table tennis. BTA is a media partner of the event. Bulgaria Wins Five Medals on Day One of Down Syndrome World Championships 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-15 19:23:25 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
