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'' The U.S. broadcaster NBC has announced that it has hired a reporter'' s except for Sochi 2014 by none other than the tennis star Maria Sharapova, who before emigrating to the United States lived in cities where there will be the XXII Games Winter Olympics.
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Just stay in Sochi, where the family of Sharapova (born in 1987) lived between 1989 and 1994, was crucial to start at the Russian court.
The father of the Siberian indeed befriended Aleksandr Kafelnikov (father of Evgeny, top tennis player in 90 years''), which gave to the future winner of Wimbledon and the other three Grand Slam tournaments before the racket. In addition, again in Sochi, Sharapova had in Yuri Yutkin his first master.
"Mary transcends the court and is one of the most popular sports star in the world and still Sochi family and friends. His point of view we will provide a unique contribution about a place that you know very well," said Jim Bell , executive producer of NBC Olympics.
For its part, Sharapova, Russia's flag-bearer at the Summer Games in London in 2012 where he also won the silver medal in singles'', said she was honored and very proud of the fact that his hometown and his country for harboring the first Winter Olympic Games.
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