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interview for the Swim Star Web Portal, arranged on the relation Belgrade
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This interview that is dedicated to the swimming audience of Serbia and
the wider region of the Western Balkan has been arranged for Swim
Star 2000 Agency
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| 10th Anniversary
of the First Bulgarian Swimming Site |
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Dr. Ivan Tsanov, former elite Bulgarian swimmer, Secretary general
of the ABS (Association of the Bulgarian Swimmers), Editor of the Magazine
"Swimming & Water Polo" and LEN correspondent, last 15 years, with
all his knowledge, enthusiasm, media and other experiences, devotees to
the new modern development of the Swimming sport, not only in his native
land but also in the Region of the Balkans and wider. In the course of
2002, he established the First Bulgarian
Swimming Site, which through time has become respectable place
for the aquatic sport in domain of World Wide Web. Having in mind the fact
that at the beginning of June 2012 worthy anniversary - 10 years of the
FBSS is going to be celebrate, through the light of our great friendship
that was nestled, we ask Dr. Tsanov for an exclusive interview. |
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Dr. Ivan Canov, nekada elitni bugarski plivac, Generalni sekretar Asocijacije
bugarskih plivaca, Glavni urednik magazina "Plivanje & vaterpolo" i
dopisnik LEN Magazina, poslednjih 15 godina sva svoja znanja, entuzijazam,
medijska i druga iskustva posvecuje novom modernom razvoju plivackog sporta,
ne samo u njegovoj domovini, vec isto tako i regionu Balkana i sire. Pocev
od 2002 godine, osnovao je Prvi Bugarski
plivacki sajt (FBSS), koji je tokom vremena postao respektabilno
mesto za vodene sportove u domenu elektronskih medija. Imajuci u vidu cinjenicu
da se pocetkom juna 2012.god. proslavlja 10-ta godisnjica osnivanja ovog
uglednog sajta, a u svetlu velikog prijateljstva koje je tokom tog peroda
odnegovano, zamolili smo Dr. Canova za ekskluzivni intervju. |
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Dobrodoslica na nas portal, jednom od retkih ljudi u regionu jugo-istocne
Evrope, ciji je zivot posvecen plivackom sportu... Velike cestitke za 10-tu
godisnjicu FBSS (Prvog Bugarskog plivackog sajta) i vasoj nesebicnoj misiji
u plivackom sportu Bugarske, Balkanskih zemalja i Evrope. |
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Welcome to our media, to one of the rare men in the region of the South-Eastern
Europe, whose life is dedicated to the swimming sport... Congratulation
for the 10-anniversary of the FBSS foundation and your great mission in
the swimming sport of Bulgaria, the Balkans and Europe... |
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| Canov: Veliko vam hvala!
Veliko je zadovoljstvo biti intervjuisan od strane mojih velikih plivackih
prijatelja sa dobro poznatog Swim Star Web Portal-a - najpopularnije plivacke
medije u regionu jugo-istocne Evrope. 10-to godisnjica Prvog Bugarskog
plivackog sajta, nije samo moj uspeh - to je predominantno opsti uspeh
Asocijacije Bugarskih plivaca i nasih prijatelja i donatora. Sta vise,
ovo se moze smatrati praznikom za celokupni Bugarski plivacki pokret. |
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Tsanov: Thank you very
much! It’s a great pleasure to be interviewed from my great swimming friends
from the well-known Swim Star Web Portal (Serbia) – the most popular swim
media at the region of the South-Eastern Europe. 10 years anniversary of
the First Bulgarian Swimming Site isn’t only my achievement – that is primarily
a common achievement of the Association of the Bulgarian swimmers and our
supporters and contributors. Furthermore – a great holiday for all Bulgarian
swimming movement. |
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the very first beginning... |
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Dozvolite da se vratimo deceniju unazad.. U prolece 2001, G-d G.Rasula
Direktor kluba Swim Star 2000 i sef marketinga PSS, zamolio vas je da dodjete
u Nis i budete gost Drzavnog prvenstva Srbije... Molim vas za vasa secanja. |
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Let us turn back a decade behind... In the spring of 2001, Mr.G.Rasula,
head of the Swim Star 2000 and the PSS Marketing Board, asked you to come
to the City of Nis and be a guest of the Serbian Summer Swim Champs...
Your memories, please. |
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| Canov: Zaista, 11 godina
je proteklo?! Znate, vreme leti. Da, secam se veoma dobro tih dana u Nisu.
Susreo sam se sa mojim najvecim prijateljem Goranom Rasulom. Videli smo
se licem u lice i ja sam odmah spoznao da je to covek sa kojim cu zajednicki
napraviti mir u istoriji Balkanskog plivanja. On voli plivanje svim svojim
srcem, ali je on i zadivljujuci profesionalac. U Nisu sam sreo i druge
Srpske prijatelje sa kojima saradnju imam i danas. Jednu cudnu pricu treba
pomenuti. Ja govorim Srpski sasvim dobro, a zena prodavacica novina u Nisu
mislila je da sam Srbin. Ali ja sam 100% Bugarin. |
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Tsanov: Really passed
11 years?! Oh, the time is really flying! Yes, I remember very well on
the days in Nis. I’ve met my greatest friend Goran Rasula. I saw him face
to face and I immediately knew that this is the man with whom I will make
the piece of the Balkan swimming history together. He loved swimming with
all his heart, but he is also an amazing professionalist. In Nis I’ve met
many other swim friends of mine from Serbia. A part of that support and
respect continue today. One funny story. I speak Serbian quite well and
a woman seller of newspapers in Nis thought I‘m a Serb. But I’m 100% Bulgarian. |
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first idea on establishing an independent Web Swimming Media... |
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Ali vasi prvi ‘novinarski koraci’ napravljeni su za Swim Star Web Portal,
mnogo pre tog momenta. Mogli bismo se prisetiti na prve informacije koje
smo tada pronasli o Bugarskom sampionu Antonu Mihajlovu.. Vi ste bivsi
poznati Bugarski plivac i drzavni rekorder... Recite nam nesto o vasoj
prvoj ideji da iskoristite moderne tehnologije (Internet) i ulozite napore
u novi razvoj plivanja, ne samo u vasoj zemlji, vec i izvan nje... |
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But your very first 'journalistic steps' have been made at the Swim Star
Web Portal more before that. We could remind ourselves on some first info
we've found there about the BUL Champion Anton Mihaylov... You are former
Bulgarian well-known swimmer and record holder... Tell us something about
your first idea to use the modern technologies (internet), and to inlay
efforts in the new swimming development not only within your country, but
also outside... |
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| Canov: Da, u pravu ste. Kad
se Internet pojavio, shvatio sam da je to nase plivacko informativno oruzje
– jeftino, brzo, mocno, siroko dostupno i nezavisno. Upravo sve ono sta
nam je potrebno. Bili bismo velike budale, ako to ne koristimo. I mi to
cinimo. Pogledajte danasnje rezultate – mi imamo vise posetilaca od tradicionalnih
medija sa menadzmentima, uredjivackim strukturama, platama, velikim novcem
iza njih i politickom podrskom. Nismo na pogresnom putu. Ali mi smo tek
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Tsanov: Yes, that’s
right. Once the Internet has come, I realized that this media is our swim
info weapon - cheap, fast, powerful, comprehensive and independent. All
we need. We should be great fools if we do not use it. And we do
it. See the today’s results – we have more visitors than the traditional
Medias with management, staff, salaries, big money behind and political
support. No wrong way. And we are only at the beginning. |
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Ivan Tsanov (right) with one of many swimming fans in Bulgaria... |
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Od juna 2002.godine, Prvi Bugarski plivacki sajt razvija se svakog dana-meseca
godine. Tehnicki tim sa Swim Star Web Portal-a davao vam je podrsku vise
od 8 godina. Kakvo je vase misljenje o saradnji iz tog perioda u svetlu
ideja da se formira siroka Balkanska plivacka kooperacija, komunikacija,
kontakti i td. |
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From June 2002, the First Bulgarian Swimming Site develops each day-month-year.
The technical team of the Swim Star Web Portal hosted your site for more
then 8 years. What is your opinion about the cooperation from that time,
under the light of the ideas to open up wide Balkan swim joining, communications,
contacts, etc... |
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| Canov: Moje misljenje
podrazumeva samo jednu cinjenicu – to je bio ogroman posao! Tehnicki tim
Swim Star Web Portal-a pomogao nam je ne samo da opstanemo, vec i da razvijemo
nasu mediju. Zajednicki smo imali veliku misiju, cak istorijsku – da stvorimo
fundament buducnosti Balkanske plivacke saradnje na informativnom planu.
Swim Star Web Portal i First Bulgarian Swimming Site su to stvorili. Najvazniji
deo toga stvoren je nakon 10 godina ogromnih napora. Mi ocekujemo medjutim
da ce se tome prikljuciti i druge Balkanske zemlje, mada tu nazalost nismo
imali dovoljno uspeha. Mi najvise insistiramo na konekcijama u Turskoj,
Grckoj i Rumuniji – mi imamo kontakte sa njima, ali oni su sporadicni i
retki. Na primer, plivacki mediji iz Grcke, ne odgovaraju na nase pozive.
Nije mi jasno zasto. Ohrabrujuci znaci dolaze iz Crne Gore, Albanije, Kipra
i Bosne i Hercegovine. Mi smo svi u istom brodu. Mi nismo politicari, mi
smo plivaci, mi smo prijatelji i mi izgradjujemo mostove. Ne zelimo da
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Tsanov: My opinion
considers only one fact – a great job! The technical team of the Swim Star
Web Portal helped us not only to survive, but also to develop our media.
We have together a great mission, even historical – to make a kernel of
the future Balkan swim co-operations in the information field. The Swim
Star Web Portal and the First Bulgarian Swimming Site did that. The kernel
is formed after 10 years of big efforts. We expect however that it will
be joined by others Balkan countries - unfortunately we have no success
so far. We empathy mostly about the connections in Turkey, Greece and Romania
– we have connections with them but they are sporadic and rare. For instance,
the Greek swim Medias never answer to our appeals. I have no idea why it
is so. Encouraging signs come from Montenegro, Albania, Cyprus and Bosnia
and Herzegovina. We are in the same boat. We aren’t politicians, we are
the swimmers, we are the friends, and we build bridges. We don’t want to
stay alone. Join to us! |
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| Zaista sam ponosan i moram da
kazem, da je nasa saradnja podigla mnoge interese medju klubovima, trenerima
i plivacima na mnogo razlicitih strana... Omogucili smo dolazak Bugarskih
sportista u Srbiju, Srpskih u Bugarsku, Srpskih i Makedonskih u Sofiju,
Bugarskih u Sloveniju, Crnu Goru, Grcku, Bosnu i Hercegovinu... Nova Bugarska
zvezda Kadoglu, bila je najbolji plivac na ovogodisnjem Mimoza Kupu 2012
u Crnoj Gori.... Sve te obaveze trebalo bi da budu u rukama BSF-a, PSS-a
i nacionalnih plivackih federacija. Osecam da oficijali tih federacija
u Regionu Balkana, nisu mogli da prepoznaju nase ideje. |
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All right... I'm proud to tell
that our cooperation lifted up many interests among clubs, coaches and
swimmers, on many different sides ... We brought BUL athletes to Serbia,
SRB athletes to Bulgaria, SRB and Macedonian athletes to Sofia, BUL athletes
to Slovenia, Montenegro, Greece, BIH.... BUL new swim star Kadoglu was
the top meet performer at the recent Montenegro Mimosa Cup 2012... All
those duties have to be in hands of the BSF, PSS and other National Federations.
I feel that officials from the Federations in the wide Region of the Balkan
could not recognize your and our ideas. |
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| Canov: Da, pomogli
smo mnogim plivacima, trenerima i ljubiteljima plivanja izmedju i izvan
Balkanskih granica. Obicni ljudi znaju to i nama su zahvalni. Plivaci su
nacelno izuzetno zahvalni ljudi. Oficijali Balkanskih plivackih federacija
imaju drugu obavezu – da organizuju takmicarsko plivanje. Mi smo medija
– imamo obavezu informisanja. Mi smo obavili nas medijski posao i mozemo
mirno da spavamo. Iskljucivo ce istorija reci svoju poslednju rec.. |
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Tsanov: Yes, we helped many
swimmers, coaches and fans between and out of the Balkan borders. The ordinary
people know it and thank to us. The swimmers are generally grateful peoples.
The officials from the Balkan federations have the other mission – to manage
the competitive swimming. We are Medias – we have to inform. We’ve made
our Media job and can sleep calm. Ultimately history will say the last
word. |
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Kontakti sa plivackim trenerim, plivacima, oficijalima i prijateljima u
drugim zemljama, stvoreni od strane Ivana Canova u prethodnih 10 godina,
podigli su nove talase u domenu prikaza cinjenica koje se ticu obrazovanja,
isticanja istorijskih podataka (dve knjige o Bugarskom livanju),
plivacke statistike (R.Atanassov), mastersi, i td. Neki od vasih grandioznih
clanaka o plivanju u Grckoj, Rumuniji, Albaniji, Rusiji, Turskoj i td.,
moraju takodje biti pomenuti... Govorite nekoliko jezika.. Vi takodje citate
i na Srpskom jeziku... Dake, recite nam koliko vremena potrosite na Srpske
i druge plivacke medije? |
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The connections with swim coaches, swimmers, officials and friends in other
countries, all made by Ivan Tsanov, in the previous 10 years brought out
new waves in the domain of presenting the facts that treat education, historical
data (books about BUL swimming), swim statistics (R. Atanassov), masters
swimming, etc. Few of your great articles on the swimming in Greece, Romania,
Albania, Russia, Turkey, etc., have to be mentioned, too... You speak several
languages... You also can fully read in Serbian language... So, tell us
how many times you're spending on the Serbian and other swim media? |
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| Canov: Pre svega ja
sam posvecen Bugarskom plivanju i Bugarskim plivacima. Ja to cinim ne zbog
novca, slave ili popularnosti. Drugo, ja zelim da pomazem interesima Balkanskog
plivanja i Balkanskim plivacima. Ja volim Balkan – zadivljujuce mesto za
zivot. Ja mislim da je plivacki sport najbitniji sport na svetu i cak Bozije
cudo. On je naravno i biznis. Mi treba da naucimo kako da tretiramo takmicarsko
plivanje, kao trezor za sticanje profita. Takmicarsko plivanje sirom sveta
je biznis vredan milijarde. To nije sala. Plivanje je san, plivanje je
pasija, i plivnje je buducnost. Mi smo srecni ljudi ! |
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Tsanov: First, I’m
the servant of the Bulgarian swimming and the Bulgarian swimmers. I do
it not for money, fame or glory. Secondly, I want to help the Balkan swimming
and the Balkan swimmers. I love the Balkans – amazing place for life. I
think the sport of swimming is the greatest sport in the world and even
a God’s miracle. It’s also a business. We need to learn how to trite with
competitive swimming as an enterprise for earn the profit. The competitive
swimming worldwide is a business worth billions. That isn’t a joke. The
swimming is dream, the swimming is passions, and the swimming is the future.
We are the lucky men! |
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the ABS - Association of the Bulgarian Swimmers... |
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– Asocijacija Bugarskih plivaca, osnovana je 2009.godine... Vi ste jedna
od tri osobe koje su projektovale nove iskorake i vasoj zemlji. Vi ste
aktivni i u mastersima. Mozete li nam reci nesto o tim aktivnostima? |
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ABS - the Association of the Bulgarian Swimmers is founded in 2009... You
are one of three persons who projected new steps in your country. You are
still active in the Masters swimming. Could you tell us something about
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| Canov: Asocijacija
Bugarskih plivaca je mlada organizacija, Za nepune 4 godine postigli smo
velike uspehe. Iza nas je voma jaka medija FBSS i jedinstveni stampani
plivacki magazin “Plivanje i Vaterpolo”, Facebook grupa okuplja 1400 korisnika,
a nalazimo se i na Tweeter mrezi. Mi organizujemo decija i masters takmicenja,
pomazemo Bugarskom plivanju na svim nivoima i u inostranstvu. Masters plivanje
je buducnost u plivackom sportu. Pazite – na predstojecem 14. Fina masters
sampionatu u Riconeu (Italija), participirace 8,900 plivaca. U Bugarskoj,
masters plivanje je eksplodiralo. Na nasem nacionalnom masters prvenstvu
(najstarijem na Balkanu), uzelo je ucesce 360 mastersa. Za 5-10 godina,
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of the Bulgarian swimmers is a young organization. But only for 4 years
we’ve achieved the big successes. We have very strong Medias – FBSS and
the unique hard copy swim magazine “Swimming&Water polo”, Facebook
group (1400 members) and Twitter account. We conduct kids and Masters tournaments,
we support BG swimming at all levels and abroad. The Masters swimming is
the future of the swimming. Judge for yourself – at the 14th FINA Masters
Swimming Championships in Riccione (Italy) will participate 8,900 swimmers.
In Bulgaria the Masters swimming exploded. At our National Masters Champs
(the oldest one at the Balkans) take part 360 oldies. I expect after 5-10
years will be 600-700-800 participants. |
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Pocevsi od 2010.godine, FBSS se preselio na nove servere, prethodno ste
boravili kod provajdera u USA, sada u Sofiji. Novi izgled, web dizajn,
novi segmenti iz vodenih sportova ce biti dopunjavani i ispraceni. Recite
nam nesto o planovima, a isto tako i ljudima koji ce biti involvirani u
to. |
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Started 2010, the FBSS moved to the new servers, previously at the providers
in the USA, now in Sofia. New look, web design, new segments in the aquatics
would be covered and found. Tell us something about plans as well as the
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| Canov: Nas main-stream je
da zelimo da razvijamo FBSS kao profesionalni medij za vodene sportove.
Imamo uspeha u pojedinim poglavljima. Nas portl uredjuju vrhunski sportski
novinari Nikolay Krastev, Vassilen Dimitrov i moja malenkost. Ako se nesto
bitno dogodi u Bugarskom plivackom sportu (cak i u najdubljoj provinciji),
mi mozemo imati vest nakon jednog minuta. Veoma smo popularni ne samo u
Bugarskoj, vec i sirom Balkana – najvise u FYR Makedonija (bugarski dijalekt),
Srbiji (slicni jezik) i Turskoj. Citani smo takodje i u Americi, Nemackoj
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Tsanov: We’ve succeeded
in some segments. Our media is made by top sport journalists – Nikolay
Krastev, Vassilen Dimitrov and me. We have also a huge number of supporters
and friends across the country. If something important happens in Bulgarian’s
sport of swimming (even in the deepest province) we learn about it after
one minute. We are very popular not only in Bulgaria, but also at the Balkans
– mostly in FYR of Macedonia (BG dialect), Serbia (similar language) and
Turkey. We have fame also in USA, Germany and Italy. |
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Vi ste magistar psihologije i doktor u menadzmentu kao i profesor na Univerzitetu
nacionalne i svetske ekonomije u Sofiji. Imate divnu porodicu, zenu i cerku
Cvetu. Kako mozete da uskladite vase obaveze u kuci, u vasoj profesiji
i plivanju koje je posveceno ne samo dogadjajima u Bugarskoj vec i svetu?
Vas radni dan mora da traje mnogo vise od 24 casa? |
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We have to mention that you are MSC in psychology and PhD in management
and the professor at the University of National and World Economy in Sofia.
You have a nice family, wife and daughter Tsveta. How can you calm your
duties at home, in your profession and the swimming, all devoted not only
to Bulgaria, but also worldwide? Your working days must consider more then
24 hours? |
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| Canov: Nemam problem
sa cerkom, zato sto je permanentno na PC igricama. Ozbilno govoreci, tajna
je ispravno organizovati vase vreme, predominantno odgovoriti prvo prioritetimoa. |
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Tsanov: I have no problem
with my daughter because she plays permanently PC Games. Seriously speaking
the secret is to allocate your time properly with the most important priorities
first. |
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Na kraju, izuzetno cenim i ponosan sam na dosadasnju saradnju i zeleo bih
da istu nastavimo sa istim zarom u buducnosti. Nadam se da mozemo privuci
i druge ljude u Regionu Balkana i sire oblasti. Nema sumnje, plivacki sport
je nas zivot... |
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At the end, I appreciate and I'm proud for the cooperation so far, and
would like to continue with the same flame in the future. Hope that we
might join other people in the Region of the Balkans and wider area. No
doubt, swimming sport is our life... |
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| Canov: Da, takmicarsko
plivanje je nas zivot. Zeleo bih da posaljem poruku Balkanskoj plivackoj
javnosti. Budite ponosni sto ste plivaci. Borite se za plivanje svakog
dana, svakog casa, svakog sekunda. Mi moramo biti pametniji, vise kompetivniji
i vise prilagodljivi. Moramo da da iznesemo plivanje na najvisi vrh. Plivacki
sport je br.1 u svetu. Ali samo ujedinjeni, mi bismo mogli stici do tog
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Tsanov: Yes, the competitive
swimming is our life. I’d like to send a message to the Balkan swimming
audience. Be proud to be a swimmer. Fight for swimming every day, every
hour, every second. We need to be cleverer, more competitive, and more
flexible. We have to bring swimming on the highest peak. The swimming is
sport ?1 in the world. But only unified we could reach that goal. |
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