Russia removed as host of 2023 worlds in men’s ice hockey
ZURICH –
Russia was eliminated Tuesday as host of the 2023 world championship in males’s ice hockey that was to be performed in Vladimir Putin’s dwelling metropolis St. Petersburg.
Citing “concern for the security and well-being of all collaborating gamers, officers, media, and followers,” the Worldwide Ice Hockey Federation introduced the choice after its ruling council met.
The newest blow to Russia in its favored winter sports activities follows in the future after its signature annual worldwide determine skating competitors was pulled by the Worldwide Skating Union within the fallout from the nation’s conflict on Ukraine.
The IIHF mentioned its officers “expressed important issues over the protected freedom of motion of gamers and officers to, from, and inside Russia.”
Comparable causes got final month for stripping the 2023 world juniors occasion from Russia. That championship was to be performed in Omsk and Novosibirsk.
Russia had dedicated to construct a brand new 23,000-seat enviornment for the boys’s worlds that was scheduled for Might 2023.
A brand new host can be picked in the course of the males’s world championships which begins subsequent month in Finland, the governing physique mentioned.
