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January C. "Tempo" made a poll to determine sports event and achievement related to Velingrad, which are of the greatest importance in the past 20th century. 20 people sports figures, coaches and athletes defined undoubtedly as achievement N 1 bronze medal of Ivan Lebanov in skiing from the 1980 Winter Olympics. in Lake Placid. As sports events were mentioned the ranking of FC "Chepinets" in the semi-final of the Cup of Bulgaria in 1978. and holding a round of the Yundola Skiing World Cup in 1981.

February The swimmer Ivan Madolev from the Belmeken PK took part with the national team in an international swimming tournament in Greece. On Kurtovo and Yundola was held the State Championship (DP) in skiing for ml.v. Jordan Lebanov from SC "Chepinets" who won three silver medals, and the club's relay team Borislav Peykov, Dimitar Peykov and Yordan Lebanov unapologetically took the first place in the juniors. For the first time in Velingrad, the DP of pairs in sports bridge took place. 77 couples from the country's clubs participated. Undoubtedly an achievement for the hosts was the participation of the pair Borislav and Stefan Trichkovi in the final. March A very strong performance of the swimmers from the Chepinets P.C. at the 25-meter pool competitions held in Plovdiv by the DP. Angel Petrichev became the champion of 50 and 100 m. back, took a silver medal in the 100m. St. style and bronze at 50 m. St. style. Medals were also won by Hristo Koemdzhiev and Georgi Shalamanov. Polina Mihailova won three championship titles in 50, 100 and 800 m. St. style, as well as second place at 200 m. St. style. Karamfilka Shalamanova became the champion of 50 and 100 m. breaststroke, and won a bronze medal in the 200 m. breaststroke. The girls in ml.v. They took second place in the final standings. Hristina Totina, who won with very good achievements first places in 50, 100 and 200 m. breaststroke. Katya Sankeva, who won two silver and one bronze medal in the same disciplines, was also successful. Kiril Karadjov became the champion of 50, 100 and 200 m. breaststroke, Stoyan Aleksiev was the fastest in the 200m. combined swimming. The men's teams of "Chepinets" and "Athletic" in football renewed the half-season with victories and established themselves at the top of the standings - "Chepinets" at the top, and "Athletic" in the first six. The results of the other poll of v. "Tempo" - 60 people sent their preferences and determined the best coach in Velingrad of all time Boris Cholev, and the best footballer - Orlin Kadyov. On Kurtovo was held DP biathlon for boys and girls. Eli Nacheva and Nikolay Arnaudski performed best from the Velingrad SC "Biathlon". Georgi Mihov and Adriana Gereva from CST Impulse won first place among the 11-year-olds at a sports dance tournament in Sofia. The traditional school games of football, basketball, volleyball and table tennis with the participation of 9 schools from the city and the municipality were finished. For the second consecutive year, an open bridge-tournament "Velingrad 2001" was held, for which the organizers from the local bridge club provided a prize fund of 10 000 leva and attracted the strongest pairs and teams from all over the country. Polina Mihaylova, Karamfilka Shalamanova and Kiril Karadjov from the Chepinets PC represented Bulgaria at the World Children's Day in Istanbul. May The traditional student relay for the Velingrad Cup won for the second time in a row the students from Hristo Botev Primary School. The fourth Roma national football tournament in September also featured a team from Velingrad, which ranked 4th out of 20 teams. Georgi Mihov-Adriana Gereva and Blagoy Kunchev-Spasimira Daskalova from the Impulse CST won the first places in the DP sports dance circles at the 11-year-olds held in Kazanlak and Yambol. FC Chepinets finished the season in first place with a total of 69 points. FC "Athletic" took the sixth place with 41 points. June FC "Chepinets" played the first barrage to enter the "V" group against "Academic" Sf and removed it after a penalty shootout. On the second barrage, however, gave way 0-1 to "Macedonian Glory" Kresna and again missed his hopes of playing in a higher group. The competitors of SC Dolphin-96 Lachezar Terziev, Gergana Daskalova, Krasimira Yaneva and Petko Barakov won 10 gold and 1 silver medals at the national Paralympic Games for athletes with disabilities of the musculoskeletal system in Burgas. Velingrad hosts the traditional swimming competitions "Golden Fish" and "Merry Dolphin" with the participation of all swimming clubs from the country. July For the first time within the framework of the Velingrad cultural holidays, sports events for amateurs were included, with football, volleyball and basketball tournaments organized. At the international sports dance tournament in Greece, where 9 countries took part, the dancers of CST "Impulse" G. Mihov-A. Jreva and B. Kunchev-S. Daskalova, who took the top two places in their groups. Very strongly again Kunchev-Daskalova appeared at the Open International Tournament in Albena, where, with great competition, they took first place. General Assembly of FC "Chepinets" elected as president of the club Fidel Beev, and the Board entered K. Beev, Mayor Dr. Dafov, B. Cholev and lawyer V. Leftycharov. Between SD "Brothers Beevi" and the Municipality was established JSC, whose main purpose is repair and reconstruction of the city stadium in a 2-year term. At the State Swimming Championship, the swimmers of the Chepinets PC won 11 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze medals. Champions became X. Totina, K. Sankeva, D. Papazov, K. Karadjov. Five Velingrad swimmers took part in the Balkan Swimming Games - H. Totina, P. Mikhailova, K. Sankeva, I. Luchkov from PC "Chepinets" and I. Madolev from PK Belmeken. The best performance was by H. Totina, who took sixth place in the 100m. back. Kiril Karadjov from the Chepinets PC participated in the European Youth Olympiad in Spain. August On the DP in swimming for men and women PK "Chepinets" participated with H. Totina, K. Sankeva, P. Mikhailova and C. Boricova, who are in the age group for girls st. aged, but managed to qualify in the 3rd prize. In men, E. Madolev and K. Kachakov from PC Belmeken took bronze medals, respectively 100 m. breaststroke and 50 m. St. style. Alla Kostadinova from Dolphin-96 SC won a silver medal in the 200m. back when participating in the swimming championship for veterans over 35. in Palma de Mallorca. September FC Atltic disbanded its men's team after the departure of nearly 10 footballers. The club's efforts focused on children's and youth teams. During the month, Chepinets achieved 5 wins out of 5 games in the started football championship. October "Bridge Club Velingrad" was accepted with full unanimity as a regular member of the Bulgarian Bridge Federation. November Because of the invasion of spectators after the match "Chepinets" - "Hebar" initially were punished with 2 matches deprivation of household and 500 leva. fine. December CST "Impulse" once again hosted a sports dance tournament for the Cup "Velingrad 2001". 80 couples from 25 clubs participated. Our representatives B. Kunchev-S. Daskalova took first place in class 11 "C" and our other pair G. Mihov-A. Gereva in the same class took the silver medals. In class 15 "C" again first place for the Velingradians S. Cikalov-G. Butchery. The best in the 11-year-olds were B. Kunchev and S. Daskalova. General Assembly of Chepinets FC adopted a new statute, made changes to the Board and decided since 2002. the team to be called FC Chepinets-Beev. Georgi Dishlyanov