The President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (FHR), Vladislav Tretiak, told how, after losing to the Americans in the final of the 1980 Olympic Games, the forward of the USSR national team Valery Kharlamov expressed his desire to end his career. Tretiak’s words tell “Match TV”.
“If we lost, Tikhonov would be asked why he took these players. But if they win, the winners are not judged. I’m speaking objectively,” Tretyak said.
Kharlamov spent most of his career at CSKA Moscow, which was the main club of the national team during the Soviet era. Two-time Olympic champion and eight-time world champion. Kharlamov is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) Hall of Fame, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
formerly known as Tretiak discussed To those who speak up for Russian participation in the 2024 US Olympics.