site.btaBulgarian Alpine Skier Marko Semerdzhiev with Two Second Places in FIS Giant Slaloms in Kupres

Bulgarian alpine skier Marko Semerdzhiev recorded two second places in Thursday's FIS Giant Slaloms in Kupres, Bosna and Herzegovina.

In the first start of the day, the 19-year-old Semerdzhiev finished in 2:12.72 minutes, 1.14 seconds behind the winner Tvrtko Ljutić (Croatia). Third was David Rakovic (Slovenia), who finished three-hundredths of a second behind Semerdzhiev, while another Bulgarian, 17-year-old Atanas Petrov, finished fourth 2.47 seconds behind the champion.

In the second race, Marko Semerdzhiev was again second with a time of 2:07.96 minutes. He shared the first place after the first run with Rakovic (1:03.99 minutes), but the Slovenian made a slightly better second run and won with 2:07.40 minutes. Alen Hribersek (Slovenia) finished third with 2:08.11 minutes.