The Russian women's ice hockey team has been quarantined in the Olympic village in China since January 31 after receiving several positive tests from players, according to the official website of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation.
Hockey players who were diagnosed with coronavirus were isolated from the team, the rest of the players, coaches and staff were tested for three days, all results were negative.
On February 2, the Russians received admission to training, on February 4, the Russians will have their first match in the tournament against the Swiss team.
Women's hockey competitions will be held from 3 to 17 February.
Russian hockey player will miss the Olympics due to coronavirus On February 3, goalkeeper Valeria Merkusheva and defender Maria Batalova will join the squad. Earlier it became known that Ilona Markova will miss the Games due to the coronavirus.
At the moment, 19 players are declared to participate in the tournament:
goalkeepers: Maria Sorokina, Daria Gredzen;
defenders: Yulia Smirnova, Maria Pechnikova, Nina Pirogova, Elena Provorova, Anna Shibanova, Anna Savonina;
forwards: Valeria Pavlova, Fanuza Kadirova, Polina Bolgareva, Ekaterina Dobrodeeva, Veronika Korzhakova, Alexandra Vafina, Oksana Bratishcheva, Elena Dergacheva, Victoria Kulishova, Anna Shokhina, Polina Luchnikova.
The final application for the tournament will be formed before the match against Switzerland.
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