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Some 9,000 a Day Enjoy Ski Runs in Bansko

Standart Daily, Plamen Vulkov and Vladimir Simeonov, 18.12.2005

Some 9,000 tourists a day will try the ski runs in Bansko this season, Bansko Mayor Alexander Kravarov said at the official opening of the season. "We expect about half a million tourists this winter," he added. Seventeen ski runs expect the skiers. Yesterday, legends Marc Girardelli, Franz Klammer and Rosi Mittermaier slid down the most attractive of them - the Alberto Tomba ski run.

Thousands of fans applauded football star Hristo Stoichkov who was one of the first skiers to demostrate their courage and skills in the beautiful mountain resort. Unlike the last year, when he fell 5 times, now the coach of the Bulgarian international football team successfully reached the end of the 200-meter-long ski track.

The effort took him more than 2 minutes while the great ski legends needed only 20 seconds. After the finish, Stoichkov confided that he has won a bet. "Yesterday I made a bet with one famous journalist that I'll ski down without falling. You witnessed my achievement: I win the wager," Stoichkov said proudly.

Spectacular fireworks and a concert gave the official start to the ski season. In the evening, World Chess Champion Vesselin Topalov played a game of chess vs Hristo Stoichkov, Stefka Kostadinova, Sessil Karatancheva and 27 politicians and businessmen. President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, Stefka Kostadinova was the only one who scored a draw; all the others lost the game.

At the end of the inaugural day, Rosi Mittermaier and Franz Klammer sampled with pleasure Bulgarian kapama (stewed meat with vegetables and spices) and yoghurt. "I've travelled all around the world in search of beautiful mountain resorts and I can say without any hesitation that Bansko is one of them," Olympic Champion Franz Klammer told Standart. see source