MOSCOW, Jan 20 The Russian men's handball team called out right winger Ilya Demin to participate in the European Championship in Hungary and Slovakia, according to the website of the Russian Handball Federation. Demin arrived at the location of the national team in Bratislava on Wednesday. He immediately settled in a separate room, where he will stay until the result of the PCR test for coronavirus is received. It is noted that the player has already been included in the application for the tournament. «Yesterday I worked in Astrakhan with my club (Dynamo). I practiced in the morning, went to bed in the afternoon, woke up from a call from the manager of the Russian national team Evgeny Gostev. He said to pack my things and hand over PCR test. At first I didn’t even believe that it was true. They quickly warned the club, I passed an urgent test, got a negative result. And this morning I flew to Vienna via Moscow, from where the transfer quickly took me to Bratislava. I feel great, in the last few days I have been training twice a day, full of strength and energy,» said Demin.
