Fedor named ‘Russian Athlete of the Year’
By Jim Murphy December 15th, 2009Via Watch Kalib Run:
Fedor Emelianenko is named the ‘Russian Athlete of the Year’. Bonus footage of hockey legend Vladislav Tretiak getting a ‘lifetime achievement award’ of some sort. Tretiak is very likely the best goalie to never play in the NHL, and was the backstop on the USSR teams that dominated international hockey in the 1970’s and early 1980’s.
As I noted in the comment I left over on WKR, I’m the biggest Fedor fanboy anywhere but were I a Russian sports fan this guy would get my vote:
He doesn’t get a goal in this video, but his stickhandling is absolutely sick: