Bulgaria Grants BGN 100 000 Paralympic Athletes amid Funding Row
The government will disburse BGN 100 000 (EUR 51 045) to paralympic athletes, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said.
Bulgarian Stela Eneva won a second silver medal in the London 2012 Paralympics in the women's shot put discipline (F57/58).
Her 11.38 m throw ensured the third medal for Bulgaria in the 2012 Paralympics.
The women's shot put gold landed in the hands of Angeles Ortiz Hernandez from Mexico, who put at 11.43 m.
Wednesday Stela Eneva won her first silver medal in the discus throwing contest.
Bulgaria's first medal in the London 2012 Paralympics was a bronze won by Radoslav Zlatanov in the long jump (F13).
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Bulgaria's athletes won a total of three medals – two silver and one bronze - in this year's Paralympic summer games in London.
Bulgarian Radoslav Zlatanov won a gold medal at the long jump (F13) contest at the London 2012 Paralympics.
Star US swimmer Michael Phelps might have his 6 medals from the London 2012 Summer Olympics taken away for having participated in a commercial photo shoot.
The Bulgarian flag that was carried by star veteran gymnast Yordan Yovchev at the London Olympics opening is being auctioned off by the organizers of the games.
Stefka Kostadinova, President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, BOC, assesses the performance of the Bulgarian athletes at the 2012 London Olympics as "very weak.
Sports Minister Svilen Neykov has opposed claims that the performance of the Bulgarian team at the London Olympics amounted to a failure.
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