I remember ,woulda,coulda,shoulda...he was a top guy there 'russia'so it something..
I'm not disagreeing with that. People were utterly stunned as to why he looked so awful in 2005, after his excellent condition in 2003 and 2004.
Although, I do recall King Kamali joking that (with regards to the 2004 Russian Grand Prix, which qualified Federov for the 2005 Olympia), if he could have trained his non-lifting uncle from Iran for a year, his uncle would have placed 2nd to Ronnie at that show.