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The pull that this story has and that of people who love it is impressive. These women and Emilia Boneva wrote one of the most beautiful sports stories in our country. With all the components of the elite and the epic and with all those of childhood friendship. The disdain with which our system
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and current head coach of the national team, asked in 2014 what for her had been the most incredible thing that has happened in gymnastics, answered that "Spain's gold in
Atlanta. It marked the history of our gymnastics. From there everything changed."
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and was followed by a dinner in her honor. From 20 to 22 May 2022, the 1st
International Slavia Cup Tournament was held in Sofia, created in honor of Emilia Boneva by Club Slavia, the team that she coached from 1968 to 1982.
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also honored this exercise at the 20th
Anniversary Gold Medal Gala in Atlanta '96, using the same music and emulating some movements from the original routine. At the Euskalgym 2018, the gymnasts Saioa Agirre,
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Among other appearances in popular culture, Emilia has served as the basis for the character of Maya, who appears in the series of children's stories
Olympia (2014), written by
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In 2006, Boneva participated in the documentary "Las Niñas de Oro" through a telephone call from
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in 1984 was the first for the
Spanish group since 1975, and began a long period of winning international medals. In an interview in 2016, the captain of that team,
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The groups that Emilia trained, her achievements and her setups, have influenced subsequent generations of gymnasts and coaches. The bronze medal at the
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and which was recorded and included in the final montage of the same. In October 2008 she traveled to Madrid to accompany my compatriot
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