site.btaTop Bulgarian Snowboarders Advance in Bansko Visa FIS Alpine World Cup
Bulgaria's leading riders delivered strong performances in the second parallel giant slalom of the Visa FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup in Bansko, with Tervel Zamfirov and Radoslav Yankov advancing to the round of 16, while Malena Zamfirova secured a top-five finish in the women's qualification.
In the women's event, Zamfirova put in a strong showing to finish fifth overall. She posted the second-fastest time on the more difficult blue course, 41.86 seconds, followed by 44.06 seconds on the red course, for a total of 1:25.92.
Japan's Tsubaki Miki won the women's qualification with 1:23.22, finishing 2.70 seconds ahead of Zamfirova. Italian skiers Elisa Caffont and Lucia Dalmasso claimed second and third, while Germany's Ramona Theresia Hofmeister, Saturday's race winner, placed fourth. The other Bulgarian women were eliminated after the first stage, failing to reach the top 32.
In the elimination round Zamfirova will race against Canada's Lanxi Wei, who qualified 12th.
In the men's competition, Tervel Zamfirov recorded the sixth-fastest time in qualification, clocking 1:19.02, with Yankov just behind in seventh at 1:19.06. As a result, Zamfirov will face Austria's Andreas Prommegger in the round of 16, while Yankov takes on Italy's Aaron March.
Germany's Jannik Angenend set the pace in the men's qualifiers with a time of 1:18.07. Italian riders Edwin Coratti and Maurizio Bormolini followed closely, finishing 0.05 and 0.30 seconds behind, respectively. Other top qualifiers included Austria's Fabian Obmann and Switzerland's Dario Caviezel.
Four other Bulgarian men were eliminated in the first stage of qualification, failing to make the top 16 on either course.
With these results, Bulgaria will be represented in the men's round of 16 by Zamfirov and Yankov, and in the women's top qualifiers by Zamfirova.
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