Double Olympic champion Alexander Kojevnikov responded to reports from that Russian team hockey team could return to the World Championship in 2024.
Earlier, a source close to the governing bodies of the IIHF told that the international federation was considering the possibility of sending the Russian team to the next World Cup in 2024. In January, the head of the IIHF, Luc Tardif, told that the question of admitting the Russian team to international tournaments would be discussed at the organization’s annual congress in May.
— I believe that the Russian national ice hockey team can participate in the ice hockey world championship from 2024. Naturally, the Swedes, Finns and Czechs will be against it, they are gilts who will resist and put a spoke in the wheels . The United States and Canada understand that the World Cup without Russia is not the same tournament. There are professionals working across the ocean, who our guys are still playing for, and they understand everything. Moreover, Latvia will be against our national team’s participation in the World Cup and the rest is meaningless,” Kozhevnikov told Metaratings.ru.
In February 2022, the IIHF Council suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus from international competitions indefinitely. The teams missed the 2022 World Cup. Russia was also deprived of the right to host the 2023 World Youth Championships in Omsk and Novosibirsk.
On Friday, the International Fencing Federation (FIE) approved the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to competitions under its auspices. If such a return of hockey players is approved by the Congress and the IIHF Council, the Russian team will be able to play in the junior and adult world championships, which will begin on May 10, 2024 and will be held in the Czech Republic.
Metaratings.ru
Source : MatchTV
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