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Sunday will start the Olympic hockey tournament for the women’s team. Good chances for medals will be in the Luge, in which Russia was represented by two athletes from the Top 5 of the overall standings of the world Cup.

Hockey. Women. Russia — Canada

The women’s hockey tournament started yesterday, when took place the first matches of the group stage. 11 Feb your way the tournament will begin and hockey players from Russia. The team under the acronym OAR will play Canada. Representatives of Canada are the reigning Olympic Champions. The Russians at the Olympic games in Sochi ranked sixth, but the result was annulled because of a violation of anti-doping rules .

At the Olympic tournament in Pyeongchang women’s national team of Russia on hockey has got in group A, which also includes teams from Canada, USA and Finland. In 2014, in Sochi, the Americans and the Canadians played the gold medal. Team Finland four years ago finished last in their group.