Alexey Voevoda is at the center of attention after his bobsled twos and fours victories. Not only his sports career is under scrutiny, but also his private life, professional career, his past and future. He’s made a couple of appearances on TV lately. What tales has he told?

The golden medal in fours was much harder to win than the medal in twos. What can one dream about, when one’s dreams come true? Alexey says that his goal is now another gold in the next Olympics, but it’s a big “maybe”. Why the uncertainty?

As many people know, the bobsled duo Voevoda – Zubkov had a bit of a falling out. Alexey said that they haven’t spoken to each other in two years, but they still trained together. Fortunately, their quarrel has reached its “term of expiration”. The old sins were forgotten, the hatchet buried and the friendship rekindled.

When asked what’s the attraction of bobsledding, Alexey responded “I’m an adrenaline junky”. It’s an addiction to the taste of victory, speed and adrenaline. “It changes the way you look on the world, adds more color”. Alexey thinks that bobsledding is a very interesting sport, although dangerous.

When Alexey is hurtling down the bobsled track, he closes his eyes, to keep fear away. He dedicated his wins to his country, but first and foremost to his late mother, who would have been very proud of him.

Alexey’s diet consists mostly of salads, although he eats warm meals in winter. Alexey is a vegetarian and a strict dietary adherent.

He was at school and then later at the same university with Mikhail Galustian (Russian comedian). Alexey is a year younger than Mikhail. He mentioned as a joke (at least I hope so) that Mikhail used to bully and beat him every day.

Alexey also mentioned that he was very hungry on the podium in Sochi, so he ate some of the flowers he received, and thought they were tasty. Alexey has a great sense of humor, lots of charisma and sports talent. We can only hope that he comes back to armwrestling.

Artur Grigorian