Saturday, July 31, 2010 Petar Stoychev Wins An Unprecedented 10th Straight Victory

Petar Stoychev won his unprecedented tenth straight victory in a hard-earned swim at the 56th annual Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean this afternoon in Quebec, Canada.

Petar`s victory can be seen starting via a webcast here. The unofficial results are here as several athletes did not finish in the 18.5 degree C water.

1. Petar Stoychev (BUL), 6:40:22
2. Simon Tobin (CAN), 6:43:37
3. Damian Blaum (ARG), 7:07:35
4. Evgenj Pop Acev (MCD), 7:19:03
5. Paul Blais-Morisset (CAN), 7:44:39

1. Pilar Geijo (ARG), 7:08:38
2. Antonella Bogarin (ARG), 7:08:48
3. Esther Nunez Moreno (ESP), 7:32:24
4. Shelley Clark (AUS), 7:4:06
5. Marianela Mendoza (ARG) 7:58:14
6. Gabrielle Trottier (CAN) 8:49:10
7. Ronnica Christie (CAN) 9:11:46

Petar was en route to breaking France`s Stéphane Lecat record early in the swim, but fell off the pace as he won comfortably. In an indication of how tough the swim was, and how impressive Petar`s victory was, 7 of the 20 starters did not finish the race.

Photos by Steeve Tremblay.

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July 23, 2010, Friday Petar Stoychev Wins World Bronze at Marathon Swim

Bulgarian swimmer Petar Stoychev won the bronze medal in the 25-km race at the long-distance swimming World Championship in Canada.

Bulgaria`s Stoychev swam the 25-km open-water stretch for 5:33.40 h, finishing third. The gold went to American Alexander Meyer (5:32.29 h), while Italian Valerio Cleri got the silver medal (5:32.40 h).

Stoychev has three prior World Championship bronze medals: in Barcelona 2003 (25 km) and Montreal 2005 (10 km and 25 km).

"It was a hard race, exhausting and tense. I am happy that I demonstrated a good shape and won a medal for our country," said Stoychev.

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Saturday, April 17, 2010 Petar Stoychev And Pilar Geijo Win In Sumidero

Petar Stoychev continued his winning ways by taking top honors in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race in Sumidero Canyon, Mexico.

Pilar Geijo of Argentina won the women`s title. More information forthcoming from the scenic southern part of Mexico.

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05.04.2010 12:16  Stoychev at the Splash Festival

Bulgaria`s nine-times world champion Petar Stoychev took top honours in the World Ocean Swim segment of the Ocean Racing Series World Championships at the MTN Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival in Port Elizabeth.

The Splash Festival, which takes place from April 2 to 5, features 72 hours of live entertainment, beach sports, five international watersports events, kids` activities, more than 180 stalls and a lifestyle marquee.

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PetarStoychev, Bulgaria’s Olympic flag bearer in Beijing, won his ninth consecutive FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix, an unprecedented string of professional marathon swimming dominance that is longer than the streaks held by the legendary pro marathon stars like John Kinsella, Paul Asmuth and Shelley Taylor-Smith. His reign over the longest and toughest marathon swimming circuit over the past 9 years is incredible, especially when one considers how close marathon races are nowadays. As the reigning English Channel record-holder, Petar also competed at several FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup races and was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. The only person to ever swim the English Channel under 7 hours, Petar won the 30K FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in Ohrid Lake(Macedonia), the 32K Traversée Internationale du lac St-Jean (Canada), the 34K Traversée Internationale du Lac Memphrémagog (Canada), the 15K FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in Sumidero Canyon (Mexico) and the 57K Maraton Acuatica Rio Coronda (Argentina) Grand Prix and was fourth in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in Viedma (Argentina). For his continued demonstration of superior marathon swimming abilities in all types of competitions, Petar is nominated as the 2009 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year.

Vote for him at : http://www.thewaterisopen.com/polls/2009_man_of_the_year