Paris is the favorite city of Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics star Boryana Kaleyn. Does she consider it a sign of fate that the Olympics are in the French capital?
“It can’t help but seem to me somehow like a sign of fate. I try to be focused above all on my preparation and my performance at the Olympic Games, and the fact that they will be held in Paris will certainly have an additional positive emotion, but I am focused on something else. My main goal at the Olympics is to play my routines, as I have trained them, with all the difficulties involved and without gross mistakes”, said Boryana Kaleyn.
Her personal trainer Mariyana Pamukova stated that they made changes to her routines and she is fully prepared for the Olympic battle.
“After the European Championship, we made changes in the combinations. Right now we’re focusing on clearing every single element as well as possible, playing out every single possible situation so that it could have gone through her body and she would react in the best possible way if one did arise. There is always tension in any race, no matter what it is. But that is precisely why we are working on the elements, so that she is prepared if something happens due to the tension of the competition itself and knows how to react”, commented Mariyana Pamukova.
“Worrying and doubting doesn’t lead to anything good. I strive to do every element as I train it”, added Boryana Kaleyn.
This year, her four compositions have one theme and show her path from the beginning in this sport.
“The message of the combines is that every end has its own beginning, that every athlete can improve and look forward”, she added.
Boryana Kaleyn will have four new tricks for the Olympics currently in the works. The gymnast also commented on the internal competition in the national team and whether self-confidence helps in sports.
“I accept the competition in our team as something normal, it makes me improve. My goal this year was to show that I can do it and I will be the best. Self-confidence to a very large extent helps the performance of the athlete when you go out on the pitch to know how to stand up, to assert yourself and I think I have that”, added Boryana Kaleyn.
