Ekaterina Salnikova is a hammer thrower from Vladimir, Russia. She was introduced to sports at a young age by her friend Sasha, who brought her to a local Sports Center four years ago. Since starting hammer throwing, Ekaterina has won 4 medals and 5 certificates for her performances. She is currently coached by Sergey Victorovich and hopes to continue improving her personal best throw of 37m62cm. Ekaterina finds sport rewarding and hopes Russian athletes achieve success at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

1. Sport in my life
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2. 1.
My name is Salnikova
Ekaterina. I was born on
July 6, 1998. I live in
the city of Vladimir.
2.
I am fond of sport very much
and I try to keep fit.
3.
I used to play basketball
but now I do hammer-
throwing.
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3. 1.
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4.
My best friend Sasha
brought me to the
Sports Center, thank
him for that.
I have been doing in
this Center for four
years.
During this period I
have won 4 medals
and got 5
certificates.
I won these medals
for my mother and
grandmother.
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4. 1.
2.
When I came to the
Centre for the first
time I did not know
how to train, but my
trainers helped me.
My first coach was
Elena Victorovna, then
I was trained by
Alexander Borisovich,
and later – by Sergey
Victorovich.
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5. 1.
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3.
Alexander
Borisovich was
born in 1977, 3
January
My coach helps me
a lot. He knows
everything, shows
how to do.
He was a judge at
the Universiade in
Kazan 2013.
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Doing sport I've
reached new goals
and now I am good
at it, though at the
beginning It was
difficult.
I can throw the
hammer up to
37m62cm long. For
me, it's good.
I hope that our
athletes will win
gold medals at the
Olympics in Sochi in
2014.
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7. 
Thank you for your attention!
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