Silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics Alexandra Troussova said that she felt good emotions while participating in the gala hockey match that took place on Friday in Moscow.
The figure skater and her father Vyacheslav represented the Hockey Legends team, which also included hockey players Sergei Babinov, Evgeniy Davydov, Sergei Makarov and others. Their opponent was the club team Lokomotiv-RZD, which included footballers Ruslan Pimenov, Dmitry Loskov and Dmitry Sychev. The match ended with a score of 3:3.
– The feeling is good. Speed? They are very professional, they take the puck from me faster!
—Was it difficult to prepare?
– I wasn’t prepared. I have one more show today! Now I’m going to take all this off and go play.
– Which is more difficult: hockey or figure skating?
– I like hockey.
— Is this your first time playing?
– No, I was playing with my father and my brothers. But I don’t really know how to use a stick.
– Are you wearing figure skates today?
– Yes.
— Wasn’t there the possibility of using hockey?
— To do this, you must first learn a little hockey skating.
— Is it much more difficult in hockey matches?
— I just never tried it. That’s why I didn’t do it. No one offered me anything at all. So I don’t know, I didn’t choose. We have to try it first.
—Why the number eight?
– They gave it like that. I did not choose.
— Do you know that Alexander Ovechkin plays under him?
– I know. Sometimes I watch her matches, but I don’t really follow them, ”reports the correspondent of , according to Trusova’s words.
Source : MatchTV
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