Bulgarian coach Koeva Mariela enjoyed a day to be thankful on
Wednesday as volunteers recovered his lost folder at the rhythmic
gymnastics Olympic try-out in Beijing.
"Thank you, thank you very much!" Mariela said to Wang Xiaoxiao,
one of the volunteers at the Rhythmic Gymnastics International
tournament.
At 10:00 AM on Wednesday, a black folder was found by a
volunteer in the hall of Renmin University, one of the training
venues for the Olympic trial.
There were a lot of important files in it, including official
documents, agendas, accreditation cards and meal tickets.
Worried and anxious, the Bulgaria group discovered that they had
lost their folder when they reached the Huadu Hotel. At the pit of
anxiety, they received a phone call from Lu Mengchu, the NOC
volunteer in charge of the Ukraine group who trained after
Bulgarian team. Lu informed Bulgarian group of the lost folder on
phone.
After the training of Ukraine group, Lu rushed to the Hotel as
soon as he can and handed the folder back to Wang Xiaoxiao, the NOC
volunteer in charge of Bulgarian Group.
It was the time for lunch and all the members of the Bulgarian
team were waiting outside the dining room without meal tickets.
Wang just arrived at the right moment, bringing Bulgarians not
only meals but good memories.
(Xinhua News Agency December 6, 2007)