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The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the world.

Olympics is everyone's dream.

The Olympics is a dream of mine.

For an athlete myself, it is especially meaningful for our country to host an Olympics. Every athlete hopes to participate in an Olympics, so I still can't believe the games of dreams is going to take place in Korea.

Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.

The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life, and includes a possibility to guide this reality toward the great Olympic Idea.

The Olympic dream was born in 2010 during the qualifications to Vancouver. And when I was watching those Olympics from the sidelines, I felt that I wanted to have my Games. I understood that it wouldn't be easy to make them, especially now that in Russia there are a lot of strong girls.

You hit one level of the sport, and then you want to get to the next level. Until, eventually, the Olympics becomes part of that dream, part of that goal set and the mindset of wanting to get there. And then you realize there's so much incredible hard work and determination and effort that you need to put in along the way.

Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents.