World champion javelin thrower and Olympic silver medalist at the games in Peking Mariya Abakumova holds the record for the second longest javelin throw in women’s history with 71.99 metres. Nowadays in Russia Mariya is known to have made one of the greatest achievements the sport has ever known and she is one of very few athletes of her caliber all over the world. People know and love Abakumova as a charismatic and emotional athlete and they expect to see a real show of passion and effort from her on the field. Mariya doesn’t believe in the myth that a career in professional sport and having a family are incompatible and she is ready and eager to travel abroad to Rio de Janeiro to capture gold in 2016.