Bulgarian Farewell to Olympics Cycling
Sports | August 22, 2004, Sunday
Evgenia Radanova, five times absolute short track European champion, was selected this month’s No.1 athlete in Bulgaria. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (novinite.com)
Bulgaria's only athlete to compete in summer and winter Olympic games evgenia Radanova failed to qualify in Sunday's 1/8-finals of cycling sprint.
The 26-year-old ended third in the three-rider repechage, where she was pervailed by Svetlana Grankovskaya (Rus) and Jennie Reed (USA).
Radanova had the slowest qualifying time, 12.457 seconds, earning her an opening-round matchup with Australia's Anna Meares. The Australian has been riding the fastest laps of her life on the Athens velodrome's 250-meter banked wooden oval.
Meares won easily in her head-to-head race with Bulgaria's Radanova on Sunday.
Evgenia Radanova is a three-time Winter Olympian in short track speedskating who won two medals in Salt Lake City two years ago.
Radanova, who holds the world 500-meter short track record and is a two-time world champion, is making her debut in the summer games.
The 26-year-old ended third in the three-rider repechage, where she was pervailed by Svetlana Grankovskaya (Rus) and Jennie Reed (USA).
Radanova had the slowest qualifying time, 12.457 seconds, earning her an opening-round matchup with Australia's Anna Meares. The Australian has been riding the fastest laps of her life on the Athens velodrome's 250-meter banked wooden oval.
Meares won easily in her head-to-head race with Bulgaria's Radanova on Sunday.
Evgenia Radanova is a three-time Winter Olympian in short track speedskating who won two medals in Salt Lake City two years ago.
Radanova, who holds the world 500-meter short track record and is a two-time world champion, is making her debut in the summer games.
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