BEIJING, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) women’s ice hockey player Maria Pechnikova tested positive for COVID-19 at the Beijing Olympics, Russian news agency TASS reported on Thursday.
Head coach Yevgeny Bobariko told the agency that Pechnikova did not have symptoms and was taken to an isolation hotel, two days after another player, Polina Bolgareva, also tested positive. read more
Confusion over test results caused an hour’s delay in ROC’s game against Canada on Monday.
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The Canadian team refused to take the ice at the preliminary game while they waited for the ROC’s COVID-19 test results and later played wearing masks due to safety and security concerns. read more
The ROC removed their masks in the third period but the Canada players kept wearing theirs before winning 6-1.
Six members of the ROC women’s team were placed in isolation a week ago after testing positive for COVID-19, and Bobariko told TASS…
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