SOCHI, Russia — A hockey goal is four feet tall, six feet wide, and Alexander Ovechkin never takes his eyes off of it. This extreme focus on the goal has made him, perhaps, the greatest pure goal scorer who ever lived. This extreme focus has made him, unquestionably, one of the most criticized and talked about and argued about hockey players on earth. And this extreme focus makes him groan when asked (for the millionth time) about the pressure of being the very face of the Sochi Olympics. “Of course there’s pressure,” he says. “It’s your whole country.” - See more at: nbcolympics/news/alexander-ovechkin-unfazed-pressure-being-russias-face-olympics#sthash.asMk1CNw.dpuf
Posted on: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 03:13:12 +0000
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