Evgenia Radanova.
BULGARIAN short-track speed skater champion, Evgenia Radanova is leading the World Cup Speed Skating Championship. After the fourth round of the championship, which took place in the Italian winter resort of Bormio from December 6 to December 8, the 25-year-old Sofian took the bronze medal for the 1000m race, finished fourth in the 3000m race, and topped the year's general ranking.
After four of this year's six starts for the 2002-2003 season, Radanova heads the rankings with a total of 191 points, ahead of Korean Ha-Ri Cho with 189 points, and Korean Eun-Kyung Choi, with 186 points. The fifth tournament of the World Cup will take place from February 7 to February 9 in Salt Lake City, the US.
Radanova, who was the silver medallist for the 500m event and a bronze medallist in 1500m race at Salt Lake City, currently leads this year's general rankings, as she does in the 1000m event. Here the supremacy of the absolute European champion is even greater, with 182 points, second-placed Ha-Ri Cho has 178 points. In the 500m race, Radanova also finished the year as top skater with 192 points, ahead of Canadian Amelie Goulet-Nadon with 188 points. Radanova is second with 182 points in the 1500m race after interim leader Ha-Ri Cho with 190 points.
As for the other Bulgarian competitors, Marina Georgieva ranks sixth with 154 points, after finishing sixth in Bormio in the overall rankings. Anna Krusteva also performed well, finishing eighth in the 1000m race. In the interim ranking for the year, she is 21st with 72 points after two starts. Daniela Vlaeva finished 26th with 56 points.
This is the end of an exceptionally successful year for Bulgarian short-track speed skating, which set out with Radanova's two Olympic medals in Salt Lake City and covered wonderful starts in three continents: Asia, America and Europe. By the end of the current 2002/2003 season, slated to end in March next year, there is the realistic opportunity that Radanova's achievements may be emulated by two or three other Bulgarian girls.
After four of this year's six starts for the 2002-2003 season, Radanova heads the rankings with a total of 191 points, ahead of Korean Ha-Ri Cho with 189 points, and Korean Eun-Kyung Choi, with 186 points. The fifth tournament of the World Cup will take place from February 7 to February 9 in Salt Lake City, the US.
Radanova, who was the silver medallist for the 500m event and a bronze medallist in 1500m race at Salt Lake City, currently leads this year's general rankings, as she does in the 1000m event. Here the supremacy of the absolute European champion is even greater, with 182 points, second-placed Ha-Ri Cho has 178 points. In the 500m race, Radanova also finished the year as top skater with 192 points, ahead of Canadian Amelie Goulet-Nadon with 188 points. Radanova is second with 182 points in the 1500m race after interim leader Ha-Ri Cho with 190 points.
As for the other Bulgarian competitors, Marina Georgieva ranks sixth with 154 points, after finishing sixth in Bormio in the overall rankings. Anna Krusteva also performed well, finishing eighth in the 1000m race. In the interim ranking for the year, she is 21st with 72 points after two starts. Daniela Vlaeva finished 26th with 56 points.
This is the end of an exceptionally successful year for Bulgarian short-track speed skating, which set out with Radanova's two Olympic medals in Salt Lake City and covered wonderful starts in three continents: Asia, America and Europe. By the end of the current 2002/2003 season, slated to end in March next year, there is the realistic opportunity that Radanova's achievements may be emulated by two or three other Bulgarian girls.
