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Bulgaria's legendary Yordan Yovchev, 39, who became the first ever male gymnast to compete in six Olympic Games, said he is happy with his performance in the rings final on Monday, but hinted that may not be his swan song.
After the opening ceremony, Bulgaria's President, Rosen Plevneliev, is returning to London, to cheer the country's athletes during the last days of the 2012 London Olympics.
Bulgaria's top sprinter Ivet Lalova has qualified for the semifinal in the 200 m sprint at the London Olympics.
Bulgaria's national volleyball team have finished first in its qualifying group at the London Olympics after crushing Italy in their last match Monday.
Krasimir Tumanov, the coach of Bulgarian marathon swimming star Petar Stoychev, has said that a position among the first eight in the 10km race at the London Olympics will be a good result.
Bulgaria's legendary Yordan Yovchev, 39, the first male gymnast to compete in his sixth Olympic Games, received loud and wholehearted acclaim as he ranked seventh at the rings final on Monday.
Boxer Tervel Pulev, who won the first medal for Bulgaria from the London Olympics after making it to the semi-final in the heavyweight class, has dedicated the prize to his coach and Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov, who is battling leukemia.
Bulgarian Miroslav Kirchev failed to advance to the final of the men's K-1 1,000 metre canoe sprint at the London Olympics on Monday despite his strong performance.
Bulgarian Miroslav Kirchev has qualified for the semi-finals in men's canoe sprint k1 1000m heats at Eton Dorney, the Olympic rowing lake owned by Britain's elite Eton College.
Monday, August 6, which is the tenth day of the London Olympics, is expected to be very important for a number of Bulgarian athletes.
Bulgarian boxer Detelin Dalakliev lost against Great Britain's Luke Campbell at the quarter-finals of the Olympic boxing tournament in the bantamweight category (56 kg).
Stoyka Petrova, the first Bulgarian female boxer to participate in Olympic Games, started her performance with a victory.
Bulgarian boxer, Alexander Alexandrov, secured Saturday the fifth victory in a row for the Bulgarian boxing team at the London 2012 Olympics and is now on his way to compete for a medal.
The Bulgarian men's volleyball team suffered its first defeat at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, after losing from Argentina Saturday evening with 1:3 sets.
Bulgaria's top sprinter Ivet Lalova has failed to qualify for the final in the 100 m sprint at the London Olympics.
US tennis player Serena Williams won Saturday her first olympic gold medal with a decisive victory over Russian Maria Sharapova at the London 2012 women's tennis final.
US Bulgarian-born actress Nina Dobrev has issued a series of tweets cheering for Bulgarian legendary gymnast Yordan Yovchev in his London 2012 olympic performance.
Bulgaria's best female sprinter Ivet Lalova has made it to the 100 m sprint semi-finals at the London Olympics.
Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova will seek to enter the 100 m sprint finals at the Olympic Games after grabbing the European title in the same field earlier this year.
Bulgaria's shot putter at the Olympic Games Georgi Ivanov did not make it into Friday night's final after qualifying eleventh with a mark of under 20 meters.
Australia's men's volleyball team, known as the Volleyroos, have admitted their disappointment after a crushing loss to Bulgaria in an Olympic volleyball pool match.
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