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McErlain: Trainer's regime a key to Ovechkin's success
Meet Dmitry Kapitonov, whose focus on endurance training figures prominently in Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin's future.
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Dmitry Kapitonov, Trainer to Russian Skating Stars
On Frozen Blog — ... Eric McErlain this weekend published a Sporting News profile of Russian fitness guru Dmitry Kapitonov, whose most prominent client these days is one Alexander Ovechkin. It was Kapitonov who put some elite Russian NHLers through their offseason paces in St. Petersburg last summer. Recently he returned to D.C. to give AO a boost in the regular season’s stretch run. McErlain notes: ...

Ovechkin on Fedorov, Jagr and Free Agency
FanHouse — ... Ovechkin, who just returned from a vacation in Turkey -- apparently a very popular vacation spot for Russians these days -- will be taking it easy for a few more weeks before starting his offseason training regime with Dmitry Kapitonov. To learn more about Kapitonov's training regime, click here for an interview I did with him this past March. ...

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