Miroslav Kirchev of Bulgaria won a silver medal in the men’s 1,000-metre single kayak event at the World Championships in Moscow. Our kayaker finished second with a time of 03:26.409. He was pipped to the post only by the Czech competitor Josef Dostál, who completed the course in 03:25.092. Third place went to René Holten Poulsen of Denmark with a time of 03:26.482
In the K1 500-metre event, Miroslav finished in sixth place.
Stanilia Stamenova won a silver medal, securing Bulgaria’s second medal at the World Canoe-Kayak Championships in Moscow. The 26-year-old from Sofia finished second in the final of the 200-metre single canoe event.
Stamenova completed the distance in 46.977 seconds and finished 0.558 seconds behind the world title, which was won by Laurence Vincent-Lapointe.