Olympic speed skating champion and State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova believes that Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin deserves the title of the best athlete of 2023 in Russia.
— It could be Alexander Ovechkin. With all due respect, the Athlete of the Year should always be rewarded for their sporting achievements. If we talk about Roman Kostomarov, then for me he is the hero of the year. The way we worried about him and how he got out of that situation… If we talk about the international level, it could be Daniil Medvedev. Of course, international competitions are noisy, the media write about this, but perhaps there are also athletes who won all the cups and championships at national competitions. Maybe another athlete deserves this title. It would be necessary to make some sort of ranking in Russia and at international competitions and make a total. If we talk about sound, then of course, Alexander was definitely considered the athlete of the year, ”quotes Metaratings.ru.
This NHL season, 38-year-old Ovechkin appeared in 28 games in which he recorded five goals and 12 assists.
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Source : MatchTV
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