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Elektrogorsk bids farewell to Olympic ice hockey champion Mikhail Vasilyev

On November 8, a farewell was held in Elektrogorsk in the Moscow region for hockey player Mikhail Vasilyev — the 1984 Olympic champion, eight-time USSR champion, and coach. The athlete died on November 5 at the age of 64 after five years of battling cancer.

Aziz Karimov

8 Nov 2026 · 17:422 min read

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Olympic hockey champion Mikhail Vasilyev has died

Olympic champion of 1984 and eight-time champion of the USSR Mikhail Vasilyev died on November 5 at the age of 64. Ufa's Salavat Yulaev announced his death; Igor Larionov told TASS that the hockey player had fought lung cancer for five years.

Otabek Yusupov

6 Nov 2026 · 10:433 min read