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AO Receives His College Degree
by Alanah McGinley on 07/01/08 at 10:20 PM ET
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From Sportsbox.ru, translation by the Alex Ovetjkin blog,
“I was very nervous, almost like during the game” confessed Ovi to “MK”. “Still, these are different emotions. Probably because of the fact that at the games I work out physically, but here it was different, it was brain’s work out! Now I’ve realized that I can succeed not only playing hockey, but in other areas of life… College education will to add to my game, now I’ll try to think more during the game, to use the theory in practice…”
Ovechkin’s diploma thesis was about “Speed training of the top level hockey players”. He defended it with an “A”
more including a photo of Ovechkin receiving his degree
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For reference, the Russian “diplom” is a little more than a baccalaureate, a little less than a master’s. Sort of like an honours degree.
Posted by Doogie2K from Calgary on 07/02/08 at 12:33 AM ET