Beijing, Feb 1, Sergey Yaremenko. Head coach of the Czech national ice hockey team Filip Peshan, commenting on the situation with the positive tests for the coronavirus of the players of the Olympic team in Prague, said that this situation kills for them the very possibility of flying to the Games in Beijing. Ten field players took part in the training of the Czech national team at the State Sports Palace in Beijing on Tuesday, the role of the goalkeeper was taken over by the serviceman of the national team Petr Shulan. Czech hockey players will play at the Olympics in the same group with the Russian team. The match between the Czechs and the Russians will take place on February 12. iSport.cz on Monday reported, citing team manager Martin Doktor, that goalkeepers Szymon Grubec and Patrik Bartoszak passed dubious coronavirus tests. positive, then negative again. I don’t understand what is happening. This situation is killing the very possibility of flying to Beijing. I hope they will arrive in the next couple of days. I called Szymon Grubets last night. He is ready, training in Prague with a couple of guys, «said Pechan to reporters.
