The fourth-year students Ekaterina
Aleksandrova from MU-Varna and Stephany Kyoseva from N.Y.Vaptsarov Naval
Academy won a silver medal at the Beach Volleyball Championship - Balkaniada,
held at the end of September. The sports event took place in Izmir (Turkey) and
has been the first of this rank in which the girls have taken part.
To qualify for the semi-finals of
the Championship, Ekaterina and Stephany played with the best Turkish pair in
the scheme, winning by 2:0.
At the semi-final the Bulgarian girls prevailed over Kosovo, again with 2:0. During the final match the
students played for the second time with their rivals from Turkey, finishing
with 2:0 in
favour of the hosts.
The young volleyball players have
won numerous prizes at university, national and international championships so
far.
The medical student Ekaterina said that the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation had approved their application to participate in the series of the World Volleyball Tournament, which is to be held from 6th to 9th November. We wish success to our sports stars!
Veronika Stoyanova
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