The captain of the Russian national team at the MFM ice hockey Khusnutdinov: the team followed all the covid rules
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The captain of the Russian youth hockey team Marat Khusnutdinov said that the team members followed all the rules at the youth world championship in Canada. This is reported by RBC.
“We complied with all the requirements, walked in masks, did not communicate with anyone outside the team, we passed PCR with confidence,” Khusnutdinov said. He noted that he did not observe in the hotel where the teams lived, strangers who had nothing to do with the championship, except for the TV crew and the team.
The captain of the Russian team added that he was offended by the cancellation of the championship. “We prepared, carefully created a team. Words cannot express what emotions are now. It's just a shame, ”he said.
The cancellation of the youth ice hockey world championship became known on Wednesday evening, December 29. This decision was made due to outbreaks of coronavirus in several teams. Two players in the Russian team became infected, they were sent to quarantine. It is known that the test for coronavirus was positive, including in 17-year-old Matvey Michkov.
Before the cancellation of the championship, it became known about the cancellation of the match between the national teams of Russia and Slovakia at the MFM. The Russian team was awarded a technical defeat with a score of 0: 1. Teams from the United States and the Czech Republic, where cases of coronavirus were also identified, were also awarded technical injuries.
The youth ice hockey world championship was to be held from December 26 to January 5 in Edmonton and Red Deer, Canada. It was planned that Russia will play in the group stage with the USA, Sweden, Slovakia and Switzerland.
