MOSCOW, Jan 26 Traktor Chelyabinsk striker Vladimir Tkachev replaced Yaroslavsky forward «Locomotive» Artem Anisimov in the Russian national hockey team for the Olympic Games in Beijing, the press service of the national team. In total, the coaching staff of the team under the leadership of Alexei Zhamnov called 25 hockey players and 6 substitute players to the Games, who will also go to Beijing. Anisimov was transferred to the reserve, Tkachev was included in the main team. «The relevant documents have already been sent to the ROC. Artem Anisimov, unfortunately, has not yet joined the team at the training camp. He feels good, trains according to an individual schedule, but after negative tests, his yesterday's test showed a positive result. Artem still has a chance to go with the team to Beijing, he takes the necessary tests every day. We hope that the next tests will again be negative,» the press service said in a statement.
