Privalova said she feels happier over the shorter distances.
"The 100 meters is a glamour event in all of track and field. Besides I just love short sprints, the shorter the better," said the Russian, who still holds the 60 meters world indoor record of 6.92 seconds, set 15 years ago in Madrid.
She still has a lot of work to do to catch up with her younger rivals after clocking a modest 11.64 seconds in her first competitive 100-metre race last month in Moscow. It was almost a second slower than her personal best of 10.77, which she ran in 1994.
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"I need to drop some four tenths of a second to have a realistic chance of making the Olympic team," she said.
Image: Privalova in action during the heats of the 60 metres event at the RICOH Tour in Lievin, France, in February 1996.
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