WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin said his broken left foot is healing well after playing almost three full games on it last month. The Washington Capitals captain, who won his third Hart Trophy as the NHLs MVP, suffered a hairline fracture in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarter-finals against the New

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin said his broken left foot is healing well after playing almost three full games on it last month. The Washington Capitals captain, who won his third Hart Trophy as the NHLs MVP, suffered a hairline fracture in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarter-finals against the New York Rangers. He did not miss any time, playing in Game 7 the next night and then at the IIHF world championship days later. "Foot is OK," Ovechkin said on a conference call Sunday morning. "Right now Im walking fine. Im gonna start playing tennis soon so Im gonna be in good shape. ... Its kind of getting better. I feel pretty good about my foot." Ovechkin kept playing because he could not make the injury worse. He knew something was wrong but said Sunday morning on a conference call that he did not have an MRI until after playing for Russia in Stockholm. "I make a blocked shot. The puck broke my foot, and I played with it," Ovechkin said. "I never asked (Capitals trainer Greg Smith) or (Dr. Benjamin Shaffer) about lets make an MRI or something. I just played the game because its the playoffs. It doesnt matter what happen. You have to be there and you have to play the best that you can." Ovechkin played all 48 regular-season and seven playoff games for the Capitals, even though general manager George McPhee said he was playing through some other injuries. "I dont know how many games I miss for all my NHL career with injury, probably like maybe 10, maybe 12," Ovechkin said. "I dont know. But I know if I can feel it and maybe get some injection and I know I can play, Im never gonna say Im not gonna play. Its not my style." The broken foot was never considered something that would keep him off the ice for training camp. Thats even less of a concern a month after the injury. Neither Ovechkin nor McPhee revealed what injuries the 27-year-old right wing was playing through. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- There have been boos and scandals for Russia in Rio, but also medals -- a lot of them.A country which arrived under a cloud with a depleted team leaves with 19 gold medals and fourth place in the medal table, leaving fans at home wondering what Russia could have achieved at full strength.While it wouldnt have been easy to win the eight extra gold medals needed to overhaul China for third place, there are plenty of events where Russians could have made their mark if they hadnt been excluded over allegations of state-sponsored doping.Heres a look at how Russian stars could have done if the doping scandal had never happened:YELENA ISINBAYEVA -- Russias two-time Olympic champion in the pole vault was in no doubt that she could have won in Rio if the Russian track and field team had been allowed to compete, suggesting Greek winner Ekaterini Stefanidi would not have a real gold. Isinbayeva might have a point, since Stefanidis winning leap of 4.85 meters was 5 centimeters short of the Russians best result this year.SERGEI SHUBENKOV -- The 110-meter hurdles gold could have been Russias, with Jamaican winner Omar McLeods 13.05-second time well within the range of Shubenkov, who ran 12.98 to win the world title in Beijing last year.MARIA KUCHINA -- The womens high jump competition was mediocre, with top contenders on such poor form that better results were actually set by the non-specialists in the heptathlon. Spanish veteran Ruth Beitia was surprised to win gold with a jump of 1.97 meters, which would only have been good enough for fifth in 20112 or seventh at last years world championships.dddddddddddd World champion Kuchina jumped 2 meters last month near Moscow.TATIANA KASHIRINA -- Weightlifting was the only sport to ban the entire Russian team, citing revelations from the World Anti-Doping Agency and a huge number of recent drug test failures. While Kashirina did once serve a ban, she was otherwise eligible for Rio and could have won gold without coming close to her world-record lifts from 2014, which total more than 40 kilograms more than Chinas Meng Suping managed for Olympic gold in Rio.ALEXANDER DYACHENKO -- The 2012 sprint kayak gold medalist was barred from Rio after being implicated in a WADA report into alleged drug test cover-ups. Its hard to compare times from different competitions due to varying water conditions, but recent performances indicate Dyachenko and partner Yuri Postrigay would have had a shot at defending their title.ELENA LASHMANOVA -- There have been so many drug test failures in Russias once dominant race walk team that Russia didnt even try to enter Lashmanova and other top walkers for Rio as a gesture of goodwill. Still, its unlikely that gesture would have been necessary if Russia wasnt already under considerable pressure over doping. Lashmanova, who once served a two-year drug ban, beat Rio gold medalist Liu Hong at the 2012 Olympics, though the Chinese walker has improved since and would have been a tough opponent this time round. ' ' '