The press service of the Moscow Region club suggested that Kim Martin Hasson “just really misses life in Russia.” The Swede previously revealed that she had to drink vodka or pretend to do so following every win.
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The words of the former Tornado goalkeeper Kim Martin Hasson that following every victory in Russia she was forced to drink vodka with the club management or sponsors are not true. RBC was told regarding this in the press service of the club near Moscow.
“Maybe Kim just really misses life in Russia! This is not true, ”said the press service.
Swedish ice hockey player toldthat in Russia she was forced to drink vodka. “We were forced to drink vodka with the director of the club. There was a lot of alcohol, and refusal was considered rude. Sometimes I drank, sometimes I just pretended to pour it out slowly,” Hasson said.
She added that this was the case all the time when the team won, “with the club’s director or sponsors,” but the ordinary Russians she met were “kind and sweet.”
Hasson is the silver medalist of the Turin Olympics and the bronze medalist of the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City as part of the Swedish national team, a two-time bronze medalist of the world championships. She played for Tornado in the 2011/12 season, becoming the champion of Russia.
