{"id":17672,"date":"2025-07-27T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgports.bg\/following-tradition-bpic-supported-the-international-swimming-marathon-galata-varna\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:32:31","slug":"following-tradition-bpic-supported-the-international-swimming-marathon-galata-varna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgports.bg\/en\/following-tradition-bpic-supported-the-international-swimming-marathon-galata-varna\/","title":{"rendered":"BPI Co. supports the International Swimming Marathon Galata \u2013 Varna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The maritime capital of Bulgaria, Varna, once again hosted one of the city\u2019s iconic sporting events \u2013 the International Swimming Marathon Galata \u2013 Varna, held on 27 July 2025. Over 260 participants competed in the 85th edition of this prestigious race, showcasing determination, endurance, and competitive spirit.<br\/>The most successful swimmers were Daren Kirilov from Silistra and Kalina Nikolaeva from Varna, who finished first in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s categories, respectively. Daren completed the distance in exactly 1 hour, while Kalina finished the course in 1:07:10 hours. For their achievements, the winners were awarded special prizes provided by the Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BPI Co.). Additionally, BPI Co. presented trophies to the two best-performing local swimmers: Kalina Nikolaeva and Antoni Moraliyski, who finished second in the men\u2019s category, just 52 seconds behind the winner.   <br\/>The competition enjoys widespread popularity each year. This year\u2019s edition attracted swimmers from across Bulgaria, as well as guests from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and Romania. The marathon route follows the line from Cape Galata to the Second Breakwater of Varna\u2019s Central Beach. Although the course length is officially 4 400 meters, the actual distance covered by the participants was close to 5 kilometers. This is due to the impossibility of swimming in a perfectly straight line in open waters. The safety of the competitors was ensured by crews on rowing boats and patrol vessels from the Bulgarian Navy.<br\/>For the first time in the marathon\u2019s history, every swimmer who completed the distance received a medal commemorating their successful finish.      <br\/>The event was organized by the Black Sea Swimming Club, Varna Municipality, and the Bulgarian Navy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The maritime capital of Bulgaria, Varna, once again hosted one of the city\u2019s iconic sporting events \u2013 the International Swimming Marathon Galata \u2013 Varna, held on 27 July 2025. Over 260 participants competed in the 85th edition of this prestigious race, showcasing determination, endurance, and competitive spirit.The most successful swimmers were Daren Kirilov from Silistra [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgports.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgports.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgports.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgports.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgports.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17672"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgports.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22179,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgports.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17672\/revisions\/22179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgports.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgports.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgports.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}