Hockey player of the Russian national team Ilona Markova said that she did not go with the team to the Olympics in Beijing because of a positive test for coronavirus.

“My team and I have been training in Novogorsk for two weeks. We were getting ready to leave. Having received numerous negative tests, I was sure that I was ready to go! And that everything is already behind, because I am in isolation at the base, where infection with this virus is excluded. Positive test, past the Olympics. After all, in order to fly to Beijing, I must have four negative tests before departure, ”Markova wrote on Instagram.

The press service of the Russian Hockey Federation said on January 27 that Markova, as well as Daria Gredzen, Anna Shibanova, Polina Luchnikova and Valeria Merkusheva "did not fly to Beijing for reasons not related to passing positive tests, and will join the team in the near future."

The Russian hockey player compared the Olympics with the "Game of squid" The hockey player said that the base had a mask regime and quarantine for arrivals, and she only went for a medical examination twice.

“How I could get infected, we can only guess. But for me it's a blow. The words that I have been preparing for this all my life are understandable. The thing is, it's a tin! Due to covid, the Universiade, the World Youth Championship for our girls, did not take place this season! And now the Olympics are over for me without even starting,” Markova added.

The Women's Hockey Tournament at the Games will take place February 3-17. The Russians will compete in the group stage with teams from the USA, Canada, Switzerland and Finland.

Markova is 20 years old, she plays for the Ufa "Agidel", in the championship of the Women's Hockey League, the striker scored 10 goals and made 11 assists in 20 games of the season.

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