Deva-Maria Dragieva and Styliyan Panay took the top spots in the women's and men's 400m races at the 48th International Athletics Tournament "New Stars" in Sofia. In the women's race, Dragieva secured first place with a time of 56.00 seconds. Vanesa Yanakova followed in second place with 57.76 seconds, while Kristina Kirova took third with 57.89 seconds.
In the men's 400m race, where many athletes didn't start due to unfavorable weather conditions, Panay set a personal best of 50.09 seconds. Ivan Ivanov finished second with 50.29 seconds, and Angel Raykov came in third with 50.90 seconds.
Martin Balabanov had no serious competition in the men's 800m race, winning convincingly with a time of 1:54.75 minutes. Viktor Petkov finished second with 2:00.86 minutes, and Vasil Ponov completed the race in third with 2:03.10 minutes.
This is a great start for the Bulgarian athletics season! But who do you think will dominate the upcoming European Championships? Let's see if these stars can shine on a bigger stage!