Joonas Kemppainen, striker of the St. Petersburg SKA and the Finnish national team, has contracted the coronavirus and will miss the Olympic Games in Beijing. This was reported by the press service of the Finnish national team.

Joonas Nyattinen, forward of Cherepovets Severstal, will take his place in the squad.

According to Iltalehti, Kemppainen tested positive for coronavirus shortly before the Finnish ice hockey team flew to China. The flight with hockey players left Helsinki for Beijing on February 2 at 18:00 Finnish time (19:00 Moscow time).

Russian hockey player will miss the Olympics due to coronavirus “He still has a chance to get to China,” the publication says.

The Beijing Olympics will be held from 4 to 20 February. The group stage of the hockey Olympic tournament will begin on February 9. Finland's group opponents will be Sweden, Slovakia and Latvia.

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