Ricemet witharound30youngice-skaters at the RussianArmySportsClubrink who gave thetopUS diplomat a demonstration of their skills before posing for photographs.
And for the record, Paul, a young man now, is more than six feet tall, plays ice hockey, has lots of male friends and had a steady girlfriend in college.
The manner of Rossi's triumph was only overshadowed by the way he risked life and limb to usurp his young team-mate for pole position on Saturday on a saturated ice rink of a circuit that had already caused nine crashes.