site.btaBulgarian Figure Skater Feigin: "My Goal Is to Perform without Mistakes"

February 14 (BTA special correspondent Dimitar Velyov) - Bulgarian figure skater Alexandra Feigin Monday told BTA that her goal is to perform without mistakes at the Winter Olympics, which are the first Olympic Games in her career. She arrived in Beijing on February 12 and has been training for Tuesday's Short Program in Women's Singles Skating, where she will perform under number 15.

She said that as of Monday she is training with the figure skaters of Belarus, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Germany, and Switzerland. On Sunday she trained with the Russian figure skaters, including Kamila Valieva who has been the subject of many comments over the past days, Feigin said.

"I am impressed by the Olympic ice, which is extremely well-prepared and thus allowed me to do quality trainings yesterday [Sunday] and today [Monday]," she also said. Feigin expressed the hope that she will have recovered fully from her leg trauma by Tuesday. /MY/DS/