Beijing, Feb 9, Sergey Yaremenko. Head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team Alexei Zhamnov said that information about the health of striker Andrei Kuzmenko, who left the national team, should be clarified in St. Petersburg SKA, and also explained the reasons for his departure from the national team. announced his exclusion from the application due to an injury that «does not allow him to fully participate in the training process.» The forward returned to Russia and joined SKA at the training camp in Sochi. The St. Petersburg club said that the striker, based on the results of a medical examination, was admitted to professional sports. «Contact the SKA club and ask them about Kuzmenko. We are at the Olympic Games, let's concentrate on the players who are here, and not those who did not get into the squad. We have already announced all the information on him. Kuzmenko had many microtraumas. The federation has the entire medical report, we have doctors who make conclusions. There is a coaching staff who is aware of who is healthy and who is not. Player cannot train 100 percent, and here is a short tournament, so it was decided to send him to the location of his club,» Zhamnov told reporters.
