Word: alexei
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...side, either Alexei Yagudin, a three-time world champion, or teammate Evgeny Plushenko, the reigning world gold medalist, will probably keep up the Russian men's gold streak. Yagudin, who trains in the U.S., is a passionate performer and is eager to redeem his fifth-place finish in Nagano. Plushenko is just as talented but far less polished. While his music and choreography are often disjointed, he is the only male to lasso one leg up and behind his head and hold this position during a spin...
Fetisov didn't get help from all the players who brought about his appointment either. Three major NHL stars--the Maple Leafs' Alexander Mogilny, the Stars' Sergei Zubov and the Sabres' Alexei Zhitnik--are refuseniks. "Russia doesn't mean anything for them anymore," Fetisov says in disgust. "What about families who live there? What about friends they have over there? What about coaches who worked with them since they were...
...side, either Alexei Yagudin, a three-time world champion, or his teammate Evgeni Plushenko, the reigning world gold medalist, will probably keep up the golden streak of Russian champions established in the past three Winter Games. Yagudin, who trains in the U.S., is a passionate performer and is eager to redeem his fifth-place finish in Nagano, where he was laid low by the flu. Plushenko is just as accomplished but far less polished. His program music is usually a bewildering pastiche of movie sound tracks, and the choreography is just as disjointed, but he never fails to impress with...
...bailiffs were simply executing a court order, said Alexei Volin, a senior government spokesman, so "one should not talk about any change in the freedom of the press in Russia." Opposition politicians expressed the usual outrage, though this time there was a tinge of fatigue in their voices. "For the first time since the Brezhnev years I feel a constant, low-grade sense of shame for my country," said Vladimir Lukin, deputy speaker of the Duma, or lower house of parliament. Few, however, believe the affair will cause more than a ripple of protest inside Russia or beyond...
Less than a minute later, Yashin—brother of star New York Islander center Alexei Yashin—tied the game by putting a rebound past Crothers with 17:11 to play in the period...