MOSCOW, January 17, Semyon Galkevich. Assistant coach of the Russian national ice hockey team Sergei Fedorov said that he does not consider the Olympic Games a «war». The Beijing Olympic Games will be held from 4 to 20 February. Earlier, the coach of the Russian national team Alexei Kudashov called the Olympics a matter of national importance. “I don’t think that the Olympics is a war. After all, this is not a war, but ice hockey. We tune in and prepare to play every match, every period, every segment with dignity. god we need patience and ingenuity to understand and define everything correctly. me,» Fedorov told reporters. Earlier, CSKA Moscow, whose head coach is Fedorov, went into quarantine due to cases of coronavirus infection. On Sunday, the press service of the army club reported that CSKA hockey players, included in the extended Russian national team to prepare for the Olympics, received negative test results for coronavirus and are ready to start working in the national team from Monday. «When infections began in CSKA, of course, there were hard thoughts. I was glad that some of the guys were asymptomatic. But in general, the topic is unpleasant, of course. The CSKA players who came to the national team did not train for almost two weeks. We have an intense and stormy process ahead, but we have a doctor. I hope , in a couple of days we will begin to fully prepare for the Olympics,» Fedorov said.
