Konstantin Tszyu called Ovechkin the world's top athlete

The absolute world boxing champion Konstantin Tszyu named the Russian forward of HC Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin the athlete of the year not only in Russia, but also in the world.

In conversation with aif.ru On Friday, April 18, Tszyu noted that Ovechkin had achieved a tremendous achievement, "which will encourage parents to bring their children to hockey fields."

"Now we will see that thanks to this record, a huge number of functionaries will want to build new hockey halls. The Athlete of the Year is unequivocal and not only in Russia," Kostya Tszyu said.

According to him, Ovechkin can claim the title of athlete of the year in all sports.

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Also on April 18, the press service of HC Pittsburgh reported that Alexander Ovechkin received a watch as a gift from his compatriot Evgeni Malkin and Canadian Sidney Crosby in honor of the puck record. Earlier, the teams played in the final match of the current season's NHL regular season, NSN notes.

On the same day, it became known that Ovechkin had updated the record for goals scored in the NHL. The athlete scored in the away match against Pittsburgh, which ended with a score of 5:2 in favor of the home team. At this game, the hockey player increased the number of abandoned goals to 897, writes 360.ru .

On April 16, State Duma deputy and Olympic speed skating champion Svetlana Zhurova said that Alexander Ovechkin should be presented with the Order of Friendship.

Prior to that, on April 6, Ovechkin hit the goal of compatriot Ilya Sorokin in the second period of the NHL match with the Islanders. This goal was the forward's 895th in regular championships during his 20-year career in the National Hockey League, RT notes.