Marin Kirilov and Selin Ali won silver medals at the World Cup shooting tournament in Lahti, Finland. In the final of the team competition, 17-year-old Selin and 22-year-old Marin lost only to the pair from San Marino Alessandra Perili and Gianmarco Berti with 38:40 points. Third place went to Italians Silvana Stanco and Giovanni Peliello.
The success of the Bulgarians is huge, given that their competitiors are longtime professional shooters, including multiple European, world and Olympic champion titles. This is the third prestigious medal in the career of Aytos-born Selin Ali. In July, she became a world champion for women junior in the trap discipline and with her fellow citizen Ivan Georgiev won a bronze medal as a team.
Marin Kirilov was born on December 8, 1996 in Sofia, a student at the University of National and World Economy - Sofia. He started training discipline "Trap" in 2009 at the ESC "Via" - Pleven. Multiple times republican champion in youth and men in the discipline "Trap". He repeatedly covers the norm for master's degree in men 120/125 at competitions in Bulgaria and abroad, for which he receives the recognition of the federation and a certificate - "Master of Sports". In 2016 at the European Championships in Lonato, Italy entered the youth final with a score of 118/125 and ranked 6th, and in the team standings with his teammates, grabbed the silver medal and became runners-up in Europe. He won a number of first places at Grand Prixs in Romania, Serbia and Italy. His best achievements at the international level are:
- Sixth place in the individual ranking of the European Championship in Lonato in 2016.
- Silver medal in the discipline "Trap" men junior team at the European Championship in Lonato in 2016.
- Silver medal in the discipline "Trap" in the mixed team at the World Cup in Finland in 2019.
Due to his contribution to the shooting, the won medals and the covered standards, on September 29, 2019. he was awarded the title of "Honored Master of Sports" by the Bulgarian Trap and Skeet Federation.
For both of them with Selin, this is the first success at the highest level in the shotgun discipline.
