Good news for Ovechkin, smog is gone
The skies were clear over Moscow Thursday, giving residents a desperately needed break from air pollution thanks to favorable winds and some success in fighting wildfires that have choked the capital with clouds of acrid smog.
People walked through the streets without the masks that have become ubiquitous. The towers of the Kremlin and domes of Orthodox cathedrals could be seen without the yellowish veil that's shrouded them for a week.
"I can finally open the balcony door to let my cat warm in the sun," said economics student Evgeniya Lavrova, 21. "You walk in a street, feel a light breeze and want to breathe again."
Weather experts warned that the smog could return over the weekend after winds change again, but chief of Russia's main weather service, Roman Wilfand, said that the unprecedented heat wave that has tormented Russia for most of the summer would end next week.
Right now Ovie is training with Kovalchuk, Zherdev and other guys at Rublevski highway skating rink (Gorki-2), but starting August 15th he will join Moscow Dynamo.
Here's Alyonka's today's tweet:
A nice change from the heat. Heading to a pick-up game w/uncle fil, ovi, kovy, zherdev & co.
Expect another post on YouTube from Alyonka.
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Hey, uncle Fil.
What is Fil the diminutive of?
That is good news about the lifting of the smog. I hope we get to see some photos and/or videos from the pickup game.
I'm very glad to hear the smog seems to be clearing up, I hope it lasts! I was hearing that it isn't calling for rain until next week =0\ Figures, it was raining hard here, and flooding in other parts of the world, but the one place that needs it is dry.
I hope there is some videos or pictures as well, I love watching them play! I can't wait for the season to start, so excited!
OT: has anyone seen Mt. Puckmore on Puck Daddy's site or Japers' Rink? The legendary Rod Langway, Dale Hunter, and Olaf Kolzig, plus the incomparable Great 8 Alex Ovechkin have been named for this honor. There's also a Photoshop of their faces on Mt. Rushmore too!
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