2022 Beijing Olympics – Ice Hockey – Men’s Prelim. Round – Group C – Slovakia v Latvia – National Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China – February 13, 2022. Janis Kalnins of Latvia after the third goal scored by Juraj Slafkovsky of Slovakia. REUTERS/David W Cerny
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BEIJING, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Every Olympics produces a handful breakout stars and at the Beijing Winter Games those have been Big Air gold medallist Eileen Gu and doping scandal-hit figure skating teen Kamila Valieva.
You can now add 17-year-old Slovakian ice hockey player Juraj Slafkovsky to that short list. The baby-faced teenager built like a tank is the leading goalscorer in the Olympic tournament after Slovakia’s 5-2 win over Latvia on Sunday.
Slovakia have scored eight goals through three preliminary round games and Slafkovsky, the youngest ice hockey player in the Games, has accounted for half of them.
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