 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - MuNdebe yeNyika, Velichkov akatanga mumutambo wekutanga we 197980 World Cup muRuhpolding muWest Germany. Mukati mokurarama kwake akapedza kaviri ari papuratifomu. Vose vakauya muMurmansk mumutambo wokupedzisira wemwaka wake wokutanga, nzvimbo yechipiri mumakiromita makumi maviri uye yechitatu mumakumi gumi emakiromita. Aya mapodhiyo ekupedzisira aive ekutanga kune biathlete yeBulgaria, uye, sekupera kwemwaka wa2014 15, wekupedzisira nemurume biathlete weBulgaria. Akapedzawo mumakwikwi gumi okutanga mune mamwe makwikwi akawanda. Aya magumo haana kufananidzwa nemumwe murume wechiBulgaria biathlete asi iye panguva yake Spas Slatev kusvika mwaka wa2014 15, uko Krasimir Anev akapedza 4th mumakwikwi ekutanga muOberhof, uye Vladimir Iliev akapedza 6th kaviri panguva ye2015 World ChampionshipsmuKontiolahti. Velichkov akanga ari chikamu chikwata chemauto chakapedza chechitanhatu mumakwikwi eWorld Cup muRuhpolding muna 1988, iyo ichiri chikwata chakanakisisa chevarume veBulgaria. Velichkov akanakisa kupedzisa akauya mu198182 World Cup kwaakapedza 9th, yakanakisa kupedzisa kupedzisa nemurume chero wechiBulgaria biathlete. 