Great achievement for Bulgaria's alpine skier Albert Popov in the slalom in Beijing 2022

Great performance of Albert Popov in the slalom at the Olympic Games in Beijing on February 16. The best Bulgarian alpine skier at the moment finished in 9th place in the final standings on the "Ice River" slope in Yanqing.

He finished with a total time of 1:45.15 minutes in both rounds, which ranked him among the best in the discipline.

Entering the top 10 in the slalom of Albert Popov is an outstanding achievement for Bulgaria.

Our skier kept his 9th position, which he earned with an excellent ride in the first round with a time of 54.62 seconds. He gave the 8th time in his second descent - 50.53 seconds, but remained 1.06 seconds behind the winner Clement Noel (France).

“The terrain is very touchy, the route was specific, I tried to be as clean as possible, at the same time to give gas, but when you slide like that, sometimes mistakes happen,” said Albert Popov.

The best Bulgarian achievement in this discipline is of Petar Popangelov, who had two sixth places from the Games in Lake Placid in 1980 and Sarajevo in 1984.

The other Bulgarian representative Kamen Zlatkov dropped out. He started the second round very well, but due to the strong attack in the middle of the track he "hung" one of the pegs, which prevented him from finishing the race. After his first run he was in 20th place with a time of 55.66 seconds.

Clément Noel triumphed with the Olympic title in the discipline after he managed to move up from 6th to 1st place, winning the gold medal with a total time of 1:44.09 minutes.

Austrian Hubert Strolz took the silver and the bronze went to world champion Sebastian Foss-Solevog of Norway.

Albert Popov's 9th place in the slalom is the best achievement for a Bulgarian athlete at the Olympic Games in Beijing so far.

Popov previously finished 17th in the giant slalom at the Games.

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