The Muscovite said her decision to turn back the clock had irked some of her younger rivals. "I do get that dirty look from time to time as if to say 'What's that old grandma doing here? Hasn't she had enough already'?"
Privalova said she understood their feelings.
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"They may feel that I'm taking their spot on the team," she said. "Big-time sports is a very competitive, even cruel business, there's no room for sentiment."
She said she also wants to show that women could be successful at combining top-level sports and motherhood.
"Of course, with three kids, it's a big challenge."
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