site.btaAthletes Decorated with Presidential Badge of Honour

President Rumen Radev awarded Nonka Matova, Tanya Bogomilova, Vesela Lecheva, Armen Nazaryan, Albena Denkova and Ivet Lalova with the Presidential Badge of Honour on Tuesday. The awards are for outstanding merits in the development of Bulgarian sport, the Olympic Movement and the building of young talents.

"For decades you have been spreading the glory of the Motherland all over the world and proving that there is no limit to human possibilities", Radev said in his speech. "I am convinced that your champion's path remains a valuable lesson in patriotism and an example for all young Bulgarians striving for success", he added.

Tanya Bogomilova thanked on behalf of the awardees.

"I receive this award with a great sense of pride for all those years, the enormous hardships, difficulties and the tears in one's eyes when one succeed, when one climbs to the highest step, when one listens to the Bulgarian anthem", Vesela Lecheva said after the ceremony.