Twitter / SophieCo_RT: Got a bit of #Sochi fever!
Got a bit of #Sochi fever! Talked to #OlympicHockey great @Igor_Larionov after US vs Russia http://rt.com/shows/sophieco/winter-olympics-larionov-interview-328/ … pic.twitter.com/jhaSRSCAFi
Ice-hockey legend Igor Larionov: Winter Olympics are all about hockey ― RT SophieCo
To talk about the hockey games, Sophie is joined today by the very special guest – the Soviet legend of the game, one of the greatest hockey players in history: Igor Larionov is on SophieCo.
Sophie Shevardnadze: Igor Larionov, legendary hockey player, it’s really great to have you on our program today. So which team you will be supporting?
Igor Larionov: Well, I got my Russian passport and obviously I’m rooting for team Russia in any discipline in Olympics, including hockey.
SS: Is it always that way, even when you were playing in America, were you always rooting for the Russian team?
IL: I belong to the Russian Soviet hockey system and obviously I played in three different Olympics in 1984, 1988 and 2002, and my heart and my roots are back home, here in Russia, especially… these two weeks in Sochi – it’s very important to the Russian athletes and hockey players and everybody else to do their best and bring a little piece of glory to the Russian people.
SS: Alright, but this is your heart talking - what about head and your hockey intuition?