Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Maria Sharapova Backs Sochi 2014 Olympic Bid
Posted 5:31 pm ET (GamesBids.com)
International tennis star Maria Sharapova has thrown her
support behind Sochi's bid for the 2014 Olympic Winter games.
莎娃聲援Sochi申辦2014冬季奧運。
The 20 year-old has won both Wimbledon and the US Open, and
was the first Russian player to top the WTA rankings.
"I lived [in Sochi] for five years" Sharapova told GamesBids.com
in an exclusive interview from Los Angeles, "Sochi is an amazing
city and I don't think a lot of people realize it will be such an
incredible experience.
Sharapova said her love of tennis began when she was four
years old in Sochi.
"I actually left there to go to America because I couldn't
develop my tennis skills because in winter time there wasn't
a lot of facilities.
莎娃兩歲時搬家到Sochi，住了五年左右。也是在那裡接觸網球的，
後來因為不能在那邊培養網球技巧、設備不足而到美國。
She hopes that the Winter Olympics will leave a legacy of
sports facilities for young athletes so they won't have to
leave their country and city to train for their chosen sport
as she was forced to do.
希望可以藉冬季奧運留下運動設備，讓這些運動的小選手們可以
不需要因而離家。
"It's a beautiful city and I'm so proud of it. I always tell
my friends in America I want to take you there, I want to
show you where I grew up."
While in the middle of the tennis season, Sharapova intends
to bring her message about Sochi's bid along with her on her
tennis tour for the next eight weeks.
Sharapova said that she will not be able to attend the bid
election on July 4th in Guatemala because she will be competing
at Wimbledon.
"Hopefully," she said.
莎娃說她不能參與七月四號的選舉，因為…那時候還在打溫網。
“希望是啦，”她說。
Earlier today Sharapova announced that she was forced to
withdraw from the Italian Open due to a sore shoulder.
Bid CEO Dmitry Chernyshenko said "Maria Sharapova is one of
the world’s finest athletes, who has inspired millions of
youngsters with her love of sport, hard work and also
dedication to humanitarian causes across the globe. Sochi
2014 is very proud to have Maria’s support as we seek to
fulfil the dream of millions of Russians and bring the
Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to the world’s
largest winter sports country for the first time."
Sharapova joins several other international ambassadors
representing Sochi in the final run up to the 2014 election.
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