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- Nov 20, 2011
now we've senn all 6 torchbearer with apparent 4 summer Olympians
but one resume is a bit lacking
1 Alexander Karelin - greatest Greco Roman wrestler of all time
2 Maria Sharapova - most successful Russian tennis star
3 Elena Isinbayeva - greatest female pole vaulter
4 Irina Rodina - not counting her racist retweet, a legend in pairs and 3 OGM
5 Vladislav Tretiak = legendary Russian Ice Hockey player
6 Alina Kabaeva - 1 OGM ?
I got confused at first because of similar names but it is Kanaeva who is actually the mot successful rhythmic gymnast Not Kabaeva
and she wasn't on the torch bearer
the results speak for itself:
Kanaeva's gold medals alone is only comparable to Phelps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeniya_Kanayeva
Kabaeva not so much : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_Kabaeva
Kabaeva was even defeated in 2000 Olympics by another russian gymnast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Barsukova
but one resume is a bit lacking
1 Alexander Karelin - greatest Greco Roman wrestler of all time
2 Maria Sharapova - most successful Russian tennis star
3 Elena Isinbayeva - greatest female pole vaulter
4 Irina Rodina - not counting her racist retweet, a legend in pairs and 3 OGM
5 Vladislav Tretiak = legendary Russian Ice Hockey player
6 Alina Kabaeva - 1 OGM ?
I got confused at first because of similar names but it is Kanaeva who is actually the mot successful rhythmic gymnast Not Kabaeva
and she wasn't on the torch bearer
the results speak for itself:
Kanaeva's gold medals alone is only comparable to Phelps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeniya_Kanayeva
Kabaeva not so much : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_Kabaeva
Kabaeva was even defeated in 2000 Olympics by another russian gymnast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Barsukova