london ( Sharapova on Olympic)

Maria Sharapova, the former number one ranked player of Tennis will be the first female Olympic athlete for the Russian at the London Olympic Games.The national Olympic committee had confirmed it on Tuesday.The president of Russian Olympic Committee,Alexander Zhukov said,

"She was the most worthy candidate among all our athletes. In June she claimed her fourth grand slam title (French Open)."

Sharapova also won Wimbledon (2004), U.S.Open (2006) and Australian Open (2008) titles.
Sharapova said to her own website, (when she first heard the news) 

"I am so honoured, and especially excited as it will be my first Olympics in my career,"