


Top 5 reasons why Russia failed at the Olympics
Top 5 reasons why Russia failed at the Olympics (Photo © Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
With the early quarterfinals exit, Team Russia set a new negative record as this was the worse Olympic outcome in their history. Since the first participation, 1956 Olympics in Cortina, Italy, Russia never had such a poor result.
Team Russia's roster was, on paper, the tournament's finest, but they couldn't live up to the expectations, even in the round robin, which Bykov's team ended with two wins and one loss, which determined the pairing with Canada.
RussianHockeyFans.com offers you top five reasons why Russia failed at 2010 Olympics.
Reason 5: Underestimation of the opponents
If someone remembers well, we used this reason also for the WJC failure article. While this was not the case in the quarterfi...