Miroslav Kirchev won a silver medal in the 500-metre single kayak event at the Canoe-Kayak World Cup in the Hungarian city of Szeged. The Bulgarian, who finished seventh in the 1,000-metre event yesterday, completed the shorter distance today in 1:40.549 minutes. The winner was René Holten Poulsen (Denmark) with a time of 1:40.015 minutes.
In the women’s event, Bulgaria’s Staniliya Stamenova won a silver medal in the 200-metre single canoe with a time of 50.466 seconds. Only the Hungarian Janet Lakatos finished ahead of her with a time of 49.158 seconds.
Kristian Dushev finished seventh in the ‘B’ final of the 200-metre single kayak with a time of 36.244 seconds. Berenike Faldum came first in the B final of the K1 1000