2024-08-03 16:13:36
With a big smile that life goes on even after the Olympics, Stanimira Petrova returned to the boxing gym in Paris to support her teammate Svetlana Kamenova. In front of the hall, Stanimira beamed – she saw Stefka Kostadinova in front of her and rushed towards her. “I just wanted to congratulate you and tell you that you are the greatest. You have always been my motivation,” said the boxer, tears forming near her smile. “You’re not going to make me cry now, are you,” Stefka replied. “I just really wanted to tell you this in person,” Stanimira continued. And he had success with the crying.
Even before that, Kostadinova greeted Petrova with a hug. Then he kissed her motherly on the head. She wished to never lose her smile because the best in life is yet to come.
The two also watched together the victory of Svetlana Kamenova over the Irish Mikaela Walsh.
Stanimira was defeated in the quarter-finals in Paris, and with success she would have earned her first Olympic medal in her third appearance at the Games.