
MOSCOW, Jan 20 CSKA forwards Mikhail Grigorenko and Anton Slepyshev have not started yet to prepare for the Beijing Olympics as part of the Russian national hockey team, a source familiar with the situation said. The Beijing Olympics will be held February 4-20. On Wednesday, the Russian national team held its first ice training session at the base in Novogorsk in preparation for the tournament. in the near future,» a source familiar with the situation said. Earlier, the CSKA press service reported that the 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 January 17. CSKA 8 January announced that 17 representatives of the club passed positive tests for coronavirus. Subsequent games involving the army club were cancelled.

