The 32-year-old from Plovdiv qualified for the skiff 1/4-finals after finishing second in his series with a time of 6:56.63 minutes.
The Bulgarian clearly saved his strength but put in enough to secure his participation in the next stage of the race.
The winner was Denmark's Sverry Nielsen with 6:53.50 minutes. Third was Petervari Molnar with 6:58.76 min. and he also went on.
Hong Kong's Chu Hin Chun and Paraguay's Javier Inzfran finished fourth and fifth and will row in tomorrow's repechages.
The quarter-finals in the discipline are on Tuesday (30 July) at 11:10 BST. | BGNES
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