OREANDA-NEWS. On August 21, 2008 Ekaterina Volkova from Zheleznogorsk won bronze in the first ever Olympic women's 3,000m Steeplechase in Beijing. Mikhailovsky GOK (a subsidiary of Metalloinvest holding) supported the world champion in preparation for Olympics, reported the press-centre of Metalloinvest.

The injury prevented Ekaterina from the victory, she took bronze in 9:07.64 (her world record in 2007 was 1.07 second better). The athlete prepared for Beijing Olympics 2008 in her native town Zheleznogork.

“Metalloinvest holding and Mikhailovsky GOK sponsored the reconstruction of the stadium “Gorniak” in Zheleznogorsk and now its infrastructure is in line with all international standards which helped me a lot during trainings", remarked Ekaterina Volkova.