"It's a nightmare! If Russia had participated..." Russian Olympic champion hysterically humiliates Latvia after sensation at the World Ice Hockey Championship

In Russia, the historic third place of the Latvian national team at the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship was extremely painful. Two-time Olympic champion Alexander Kozhevnikov, after the Baltic nation's sensational victory over the United States in the third-place match (4:3 OT), actually compared the Latvians' level to that of the Africans.

Kozhevnikov launched into his favourite song about the greatness of the Russians, who were suspended from the World Championship because of the war in Ukraine.

"Burkina Faso will soon be winning prizes. One hundred percent they would never have won a bronze medal if Russia had participated. This is a nightmare! The credibility of the World Championship without Russia and Belarus is useless, it's falling," the former hockey player hysterical to News.ru.

It is worth noting that the Latvian national team took third place in the group stage, scoring 13 points after seven matches. In the first stage of the tournament, Harijs Vitolins' men lost only to Canada (0:6), and they lost to Slovakia in a 1-2 defeat.

In the knockout rounds, the Baltic team defeated Sweden in the quarter-finals (3-1). And in the semi-finals of the 2023 World Cup, they lost to Canada (2:4).

The bronze medal match of the World Ice Hockey Championship ended in a historic sensation that disgraced Russian propagandists.

The Latvian national team unexpectedly beat the US team in the third place match and won bronze medals for the first time at the World Championships. The match in Tampere, Finland, ended in overtime with a score of 3:4.

A week ago, Russia's main propaganda channel, Match TV, stopped broadcasting Latvia's matches at the World Ice Hockey Championship, excluding both live broadcasts and replays. The reason for this was the behaviour of Latvian fans who stretched a banner with a Ukrainian flag and the words "Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes!"

OBOZREVATEL also reported that the 2023 World Cup champion was the Canadian national team, which defeated Germany, another sensation of the current World Cup, in the final match (5:2).

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