First Vice-President of Federation of hockey of Russia (FHR) Roman Rotenberg said that the national team of Kazakhstan has set a task to win the tenth Olympic gold.
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- RIA Novosti
“We, as the defending Olympic champion, want to win a tenth gold for our country. We have Canada now has nine gold medals. We were tasked with, and we go. Other purpose than to Russia can not be. Of course, we are watching the situation with the participation of NHL players in the Olympics in 2022. We have a plan a And a plan B. We are ready for any eventuality, as were ready and before the Olympic games in South Korea”, — quotes Rotenberg RIA Novosti.
The ninth gold in the Olympic hockey tournament, team Russia won the Games in 2018 in Pyeongchang. However, the tournament, the team acted as a team of Olympic athletes from Russia, without the national flag. The reason was the removal of the ROC from-for suspicions in systematic doping.
Previously, Larionov gave his opinion on the possible abolition of the youth ice hockey world championship 2021.