The President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC), Vessela Letcheva, met with the President of the Bulgarian Swimming Federation (BSF), Georgi Avramchev, and the President of the European Aquatics Federation, Antonio José Silva. The meeting took place one day before the start of the international swimming seminar in Sofia, which will be held on February 28 and March 1, BTA reports.
“Bulgaria has an exceptionally young and talented generation of athletes. Proof of this was the performance of our athletes at the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, where we won two bronze medals and had the opportunity to win even more. Our next goal is to win the maximum number of quotas for the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028,” said Vessela Letcheva.
The BOC president familiarized Antonio José Silva with the challenges facing Bulgarian sport, emphasizing the problems with infrastructure. The president of the European headquarters committed to providing projects for the construction of facilities suitable for training in swimming sports.
“The BOC and the federations want to submit projects for the construction of sports infrastructure to the next Bulgarian government, which will include them in its management program for the next four years. In Bulgaria, we have had bad experiences with the construction of facilities that do not meet the requirements of international organizations,” said Letcheva.
José Antonio Silva introduced Vessela Letcheva to the idea of Bulgaria hosting a major swimming championship for juniors in 2028. The BOC President expressed his confidence that our country would offer excellent conditions for hosting such a high-level competition.
The president of the Bulgarian Swimming Federation, Georgi Avramchev, noted that Bulgaria is one of the most active members of the European federation, as evidenced by the seminar for officials, judges, and specialists in swimming sports organized in our country.
“We are discussing opportunities to apply for various European programs that will support the modernization, digitization, and development of swimming not only in Bulgaria but also in other European countries,” Avramchev commented.
