Let's not be "Kapo!" This is what a Bulgarian MP shouted some time ago in Paris, filling his pockets with pens left at the reception available to the participants.
At the 33rd Olympic Games we are not "Kapo" either. We are in 25th place in terms of medals and we can rest easy that we are still in the ranking. True, they cut us with the most beautiful gymnast at the Olympics – Boryana Kalain, as in Athens they stole Yordan Yovchev's gold. Why do the judges treat us this way? Very simple – because we are not hosts and never will be. Even if we unite with Macedonia, we cannot shelter, feed and protect 12 thousand athletes and 15 million spectators. The Olympics no longer have anything to do with Pierre de Coubertin's. Today they are gigantic. Only the Great Powers are capable of organizing them. Those who crossed the border with Macedonia.
I met Boyan Radev at the airport. I wasn't alone. There were a lot of us and those who waited with me know what a rush it was. I will not go to meet Semyon Novikov. Not because he was born in Ukraine. In sports, unlike Maya Manolova, no one cares about the field anymore. The reasons are different. The journalists commented fondly that the new champion was learning the Bulgarian national anthem. Semyon Novikov will be interested to learn that Tsvetan Radoslavov's song was rewritten several times depending on our country joining this or that camp or bloc. The last couplet, for example, removed in 1990, reads “Together Bulgarian brothers, with us Moscow is at peace and war...“
In the interviews given by the Olympic champion, he strongly thanked Grisha Ganchev for getting him out of Ukraine for a fee?! Does the League of Human Rights have an opinion on this deal as well as the passports of the other foreign born medalists? What is the role of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad? To the Minister of Sports and the relevant federations? Is this the best way to earn medals or is there another way?
It is proper for Semen Novikav's companions and guardians to inform and prepare him for media appearances more seriously. Grisha Ganchev, for example, is not yet president, and the gratitude of the new Olympic champion should begin with gratitude to Rumen Radev.
It is no secret that the Olympic Games have long been more than just a competition between athletes. They are advertising and specific information about what is happening in the countries of the participants. It is not the number of medals that guides the decisions of serious investors towards this or that region of the world. Sometimes their choices are surprising and ruthless. Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe not – the brilliant victory of Novak Djokovic in Paris, coincided with the signing of a contract between “Citroen“ and the Serbian government to build a factory for electric cars.
If the representatives of Bulgaria in various sports disciplines are like this year's medalists, young Bulgarians will be forced to continue looking for a living abroad, but not in Cuba, Ukraine or Dagestan.