Svetlana Khorkina

[Ruth Kreuzer]

I wasn't paying too much attention when that interview was taking place,
but I thought she said "I want to win a gold medal as much as a mother
would want to bear her own child."
       Ruth Kreuzer

Elif Batuman wrote:

>Dear Seelangers,
>
>I was wondering whether any of you watched the NBC coverage of the women's
>all-round gymnastics in the Olympics?  There was an interview with
>Svetlana Khorkina, in which she is quoted as saying: "I want to win a gold
>medal as much as I want to mother my own child."  I was wondering - did
>anyone catch this phrase in Russian?  I looked online but could only find
>references to the English translation (I guess, since the interview was
>only aired by NBC).  I was actually wondering whether it might be a
>mistranslation(?).
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Elif Batuman
>
>
>
>

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