{"id":1278035,"date":"2022-02-07T05:21:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T10:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1278035"},"modified":"2022-02-07T10:22:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T15:22:35","slug":"russian-canadian-womens-hockey-teams-wear-n95-masks-during-game-due-to-covid-19-results-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-canadian-womens-hockey-teams-wear-n95-masks-during-game-due-to-covid-19-results-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian, Canadian Women\u2019s Hockey Teams Wear N95 Masks During Game Due To COVID-19 Results Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-canadian-womens-hockey-teams-wear-n95-masks-during-game-due-to-covid-19-results-delay%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1278035&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238257651-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics feels distant, wrong, and inconsequential.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Now, it just feels bizarre.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The women\u2019s hockey match between Russia and Canada was delayed nearly 65 minutes due to the Canadian team refusing to leave the locker room as Russia\u2019s day-before COVID-19 tests had yet to be processed. Both teams eventually reached an agreement in order to take the ice, with both hockey teams playing in N95 masks for the majority of the game.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Candians won 6-1, and wore their masks for the entirety of the game, while the Russian squad removed their masks at the start of the third period after their COVID-19 test results were returned.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWith a view to ensure full understanding of the teams about the health and safety measures in place, the start of the preliminary round game between Canada and ROC was delayed by an hour,\u201d the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/lifestyle\/sports\/ice-hockey-canada-roc-game-hold-2022-02-07\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOut of caution and concern for the health and safety of the players, the IIHF agreed with the participating teams to play with masks on,\u201d the statement continued.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last week, Russia\u2019s women\u2019s hockey team was hit with a COVID-19 outbreak, with six players being forced to quarantine after testing positive for the virus.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe aren\u2019t in contact with anyone in the Olympic Village,\u201d Russian head coach Evgeny Bobariko <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/lifestyle\/sports\/ice-hockey-six-russian-womens-players-isolation-after-positive-covid-tests-2022-02-03\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cNobody goes anywhere.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEveryone sits in their rooms, food is brought to them,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe only leave our rooms to get tested. We are not allowed to use the elevator, everyone goes down using the stairs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In October, <\/span><span>organizers of the Winter Games announced that athletes will be in a \u201cclosed loop\u201d in order to allow the games to go on without a hiccup.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAll participants of the Games and our Chinese staff and volunteers will implement the same policy,\u201d Beijing 2022 organizing committee official Zhang Jiandong <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/wireStory\/beijing-confirms-strict-closed-loop-winter-olympics-80808543\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThey will be strictly separated from the external society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Athletes that break protocol will face repercussions, such as expulsion from the Games.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThose who do not comply with the epidemic prevention regulations may face severe consequences such as warning, temporary or permanent cancellation of registration, temporary or permanent disqualification or expulsion from the competition, and other punishment,\u201d Zhang said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Testing was required before athletes arrived in Beijing, and participants are also subject to daily testing throughout their time in China.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe want everyone at the Games to be safe, that\u2019s why we\u2019re asking all participants to follow these guidelines,\u201d IOC Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/olympics\/story\/_\/id\/32470994\/2022-winter-olympic-athletes-daily-tests-covid-19-remain-closed-loop-games-venues\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With the win, Canada improved to 3-0 in Group A play, while Russia fell to 1-2.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRussia\u2019s results from this morning weren\u2019t back in yet,\u201d Canada forward Natalie Spooner said before the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI know in the past few days they\u2019ve had a few positives and we just wanted to make sure their results came back and we were safe to play,\u201d Spooner <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/lifestyle\/sports\/ice-hockey-canada-roc-game-hold-2022-02-07\/\"><span>continued<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics feels distant, wrong, and inconsequential.\u00a0Now, it just feels bizarre.\u00a0The women\u2019s hockey match between Russia and Canada was delayed nearly 65 minutes due to the Canadian &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1278035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1278035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1278035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1278035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1278035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}