Sun, Nov 22 2009

SWIMMER FROM BULGARIA PETAR STOYCHEV TO BE AWARDED FOR CHANNEL RECORD

Wed, Aug 29 2007 10:25 CET 294 Views
SWIMMER FROM BULGARIA PETAR STOYCHEV TO BE AWARDED FOR CHANNEL RECORD

On August 29 2007, Bulgaria's Interior Minister Roumen Petkov will present an award to marathon swimmer Petar Stoychev for breaking the record of crossing the English Channel.

It took Stoychev six hours 57 minutes and 50 seconds to swim across the strait, Focus news agency reported.

Stoychev is officially an employee of the Interior Ministry.

The swimmer said that the Channel crossing was "very difficult as both mental and physical pressure".

After the crossing of the Channel, his body temperature dropped to 31.6 degrees Celsius, he said.

The wait for the right weather conditions was also difficult.

Stoychev broke the world record on August 24 2007 and became the first man to swim the distance in under seven hours.

Write comment

Name:Comment:

Generate new code
Send your comment

More in this category

Pastures new?

Reports in British media have resumed speculating that the Manchester City and Bulgaria winger Martin Petrov is poised to leave the Eastlands en route to White Hart Lane.

Berbatov becomes Bulgaria's all-time goalscorer in 4-1 win over Malta

Berbatov's brace was his third in four matches against Malta and gave him 48 goals in 74 appearances for the national team.

Bulgaria take on Malta in football friendly, Berbatov one strike shy of record

Dimitar Berbatov is one goal shy of equalling Hristo Bonev's all-time record, set 30 years ago

New blow for Manchester City as Bulgarian winger Petrov suffers injury

The left winger sustained yet another injury to his knee, which will keep the player out for at least two weeks.

Enforced pit stop

Bulgaria harboured high aspirations to stage a Formula One race and permanently put the country on the international racing map.

© 2000-2009, Sofia Echo Media Ltd.

Web Design by RIZN

Sofia Echo Media is part of the Economedia Group.
The news and information content on this website is provided by our editorial team and is copyrighted. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of it is strictly forbidden. Reproduction of this website's content is permitted only with prior written permission from the Editor-in-Chief, should be propertly acredited and provide an active link back to our site. Comments posted by the website's visitors are independent of the editorial materials and do not represent the views of sofiaecho.com. Sofia Echo Media cannot be held responsible for the statements contained in visitor comments. The percentаge change in the shares' prices are based on the price of the last transaction of the current session compared to the price of the last transaction of the previous session. Bulgarian Stock Exchange data is not real-time, but updated every 15 minutes, and should not be used as a basis for decisions about buying or selling stock options.