Privalova has chosen to go back to her first love -- the 100 meters. She won the first of her four Olympic medals, a bronze, in the 100 and added a silver in the 4x100 relay at the 1992 Games in Barcelona.
"Honestly, after all these years I still have the hunger to compete," the mother of three children, Alexei, 20, Maria, six, and two-year-old Katya, said.
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"Although, my approach is a bit different now. Winning is no longer a matter of life and death. I don't put any extra pressure on myself to win or get a medal," she said.
"Competing is pure fun now. I just enjoy what I'm doing."
Image: Privalova celebrates winning the women's 400m hurdles at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
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