With four titles and a total of nine medals, the Bulgarian gymnasts came home from the 40th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship in Budapest. Stiliana Nikolova won her first absolute European title, and Boryana Kaleyn brought the first European hoops title for Bulgaria since 1988.
“We will not rest because there are 2 months left until the Olympic Games, which are our main goal. We continue our preparations for there”, said Boryana Kaleyn.
“This week we will have a little lighter training and then we will travel to a camp in Varna”, said Stiliana Nikolova. “How can we not have motivation, when in 2 months we have the Olympic Games and we want to hold hands on the podium”, added she.
Boryana Kaleyn confirmed that this is their biggest goal.
Boryana Kaleyn is the 2023 World champion in the team event, as well as clubs and ribbon silver medalist. She is the 2023 European all-around champion and team champion, the 2024 European champion with hoop and in team competition, the 2022 European champion with ball, ribbon, and in the team competition, the 2021 and 2022 European all-around silver medalist, and the 2018 World team silver medalist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth in the all-around. At the national level, she is a four-time Bulgarian National Champion (in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022), twice silver medalist (in 2018 and 2023) and once bronze medalist.
Stiliana Nikolova is the 2024 European all-around champion, the 2022 World all-around bronze medalist and hoop, clubs, and ribbon silver medalist, the 2023 World ball bronze medalist and team competition champion, and a two-time (2022, 2023) European all-around bronze medalist and champion in the team competition. At the national level, she is a two-time national champion (in 2023 and 2024) and the 2022 national all-around silver medalist.
