Oh yeah, I suspect if you polled Russia at any time in the last ~30 years, hockey would come out ahead of FS. In absolute numbers of both popularity and money, FS probably never overtakes hockey in Russia. But maybe things shifted relatively? (For instance, maybe today hockey is two times more popular than FS, while back when Urmanov was competing it was 1.5x more popular? Obviously, just a guess, and I'm pulling these numbers out of a hat. )