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Elena Zamolodchikova
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896.The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Elena Mikhailyevna Zamolodchikova was born on September 19, 1982 in Moscow, Russia. She is nicknamed as Zamo and is a two-time Olympic gymnast. She began gymnastics at the age of 6. In 1999, she participated in her first major senior competition, the World Gymnastics Championships where she won the gold in vault and floor exercise and a bronze in the all-around. Zamolodchikova is also one of a few women to have successfully competed the double on floor while others include Cheng Fei and Daniela Silivas. Zamolodchikova was selected as a member of the Russian gymnastics team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She initially did not score into the all-around or vault finals, however, she earned spots in both when Elena Produnova withdrew from the all-around and Svetlana Khorkina decided to give up her spot to Zamolodchikova.
After becoming a double Olympic Champion, Zamolodchikova won the World vault title in 2002 and a European all-around bronze medal in 2004 in addition to many other awards. Incidentally a lieutenant in the Russian Army competed in her second Olympic games in 2004. The Russian team won a bronze medal, and Zamolodchikova just missed out on an individual vault medal and was placed fourth behind Monica Rosu of Romania, Annia Hatch of the United States, and a fellow Russian, Anna Pavlova. She is currently looking forward to the 2006 American Cup and also wants to continue her university studies. At the 2006 American Cup, Elena Zamolodchikova finished 9th in qualification which secured her a place in the final, where she finished 8th. Elena injured her leg and was unable to compete at the 2006 Russian national championships.
She consequently, along with Anna Pavlova, did not make the Russian 2006 European team but is still recovering from her injury. She never lost hope in her self and always fought hard to achieve her goal. She is considered as one of the best athletes in the Olympics.
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