I’ve been a sports fan since my childhood, thanks to my dad who always brought to me a bunch of sports newspapers. We lived in a small town in the middle of Siberia where there was no internet, so that was the only source of information during those years. And, of course, every Olympic Game was a big, special event for me — I remember the final of the 1998 Olympic Games when Russia lost to Czech Republic with an incredible Dominik Hasek, and more recently a defeat to team Canada in the quarterfinal of the hockey tournament at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
‘Being a sports fan made me proud of Russia’: Raw Charge’s Russian translator reacts to the Olympic ban
