Love - Alchemy of Success for Bulgaria's Albena and Maxim

Novinite Insider » EDITORIAL | April 27, 2007, Friday // 00:00
Bulgaria: Love - Alchemy of Success for Bulgaria's Albena and Maxim "We really love this sport and do it with an enormous pleasure. This is the magic key to our success," Albena Denkova says. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)

Bulgaria's golden ice-dancers Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski presented their biographical book in a bookstore downtown Sofia.

The book, called "Love is Alchemy of Success", was written by Lubomir Todorov.

"There are enough materials for writing a second volume of the book or for its full obscene version," Albena and Maxim said jokingly.

After the end of the promotion, the couple gave autographs to all their fans in the bookstore.

The book comes after Albena and Maxim achieved their greatest success - the second world title at the figure ice-skating World Championship in Tokyo. They turned out to be the only couple that dared to violate the hegemony of the great powers in this sport.

"For me the second world title is much more valuable than the first one. The previous time when we reached the highest step of the winner's ladder, we did not fully realized what happened. A whole year after that we were thinking of what expected us at the next world championship. We worked so hard, leaded by the sincere wish to win the gold again," Albena confesses.

"I am more self-confident than Albena. I know we are the best! We have not even thought that it was possible to win the world title twice. We have always fought to take the lead at each and every stage of all competitions," Maxim adds.

The couple gave the most unusual press conference ever held hours after they flying back home from Tokyo. Before answering any questions, they listened once again to the Bulgarian anthem, took a sip of the champagne and cut a huge cake. All the medals, which the dance couple has won for Bulgaria, were exhibited at a special platform.

The questions that prevailed all the time concerned the couple's feelings and emotions after climbing the world's top for the second time and how did they manage to make this dream come true.

"We really love this sport and do it with an enormous pleasure. This is the magic key to our success," Albena explained.

"Often one does not even realize what price he had to pay to achieve his aims. As much as I think of the long way we had to walk and all the difficulties surmounted, I become more and more convinced it was our lucky star that helped us the most. Each obstacle we got over was a step ahead to the top. That is why I consider we achieved the impossible," said Albena excitedly.

Where does their way lead to from now on?

"We want to go on. We are not tired. Our coaches do not allow us to give up. I think we have the potential to stay at the top for long time ahead," Maxim assured.

The two coaches of the couple Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov arrived to Bulgaria in April. Karponosov said Albena and Maxim should not give up before filling their medal collection with the Olympic gold.

Star ice-skating duo is positive they want to continue to work in Bulgaria, resisting the temptation of a number of juicy offers from abroad. Albena and Maxim dream of a multifunctional hall, where they could help the future Bulgarian champions.

The duo said they intend to start building Bulgaria's traditions in the beautiful sport art the ice-skaters perform to the devoted audience. They will be given the opportunity to realize this dream of theirs. Bulgaria's Prime Minister promised to rebuild the skating rink near the site of the demolished Yunak stadium in downtown Sofia, which would create excellent conditions for the couple's future work.

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