Many of them are teammates in the Russian Women’s Hockey League (WHL).
Just like their counterparts Canada and the USA and even Japan, these Russian women have been playing many years together and have great familiarity with one another. Russia’s Lyudmila Belyakova is widely considered one of the top women’s hockey players in the world today (Photo Credit: Troy Parla) The Russians will also be bringing three stellar goalies to PyeongChang as well. The strength and will of players such as Lyudmila Belyakova and Angelina Goncharenko have always shown that their hearts are deeply Russian red underneath any jersey they may don. Now that we have gotten that out of the way, let’s get down to the meat of this preview: this is a darn good hockey club no matter what flag they are marching under or what their official title might be. It’s travesty to take that away from a athlete who deserves the honor. The utmost honor in any sport and for any athlete is to represent one’s country. Are the proper people people even being punished? Seems unfair in more ways than one to have those innocent of any wrongdoing forced to forgo the colors and name of their nation. While there are mixed sentiments on the participation of Russia in the 2018 Games, it is hard to swallow the fact that numerous elite athletes who have done nothing wrong have been given a bad mark by those found guilty of doping.įor what it is worth, clean Russian athletes will be allowed to play at the PyeongChang Winter Games, but under a neutral flag and with the contingent having the designation of the “Olympic Athletes of Russia”.
Certainly just as much as any other nation. Make no mistake -Russian athletes deserve every opportunity to represent their country at the Winter Olympics.
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