After one Olympic, four world and 16 European medals, Bulgaria's gymnastics star Boryana KALEYN is retiring from international sport. ‘It's time to turn an important page in my life: that of an active athlete,’ she wrote on Instagram. ‘I'm grateful for everything I've been through.’
An expressive talent with a penchant for spins, the now 24-year-old has been at the centre of a string of exceptional Bulgarian gymnasts who have ushered in a new golden era for the...

Europe's biggest sports magazine honoured outstanding athletes with the ‘SPORT-BILD Award’ for the 22^nd time in Hamburg. / Germany.
Among those honoured in nine different categories, 17-year-old rhythmic gymnastics shooting star Darja VARFOLOMEEV received the honorary title of ‘STAR OF THE YEAR’.
As the first German Olympic champion in her discipline, she shone in Paris despite the enormous pressure as the favourite and five-time world champion from the previous year and was the first medal...