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Koltsov competes on the 2005 ice hockey world championships in Vienna, Austria.
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Konstantin Koltsov, a former skilled ice hockey participant from Belarus and the accomplice of tennis participant Aryna Sabalenka, has died on the age of 42, in accordance with a press release from Russian membership Salavat Yulaev.
Ahead Koltsov represented Belarus on the Winter Olympics in 2002 and 2010 and in addition spent three seasons within the NHL with the Pittsburgh Penguins between 2003 and 2006.
He was working as a coach for Salavat Yulaev, with whom he spent a few of his taking part in profession and received the staff’s first Russian championship title in 2008.
“It’s with deep sorrow that we inform you that the coach of Salavat Yulaev, Konstantin Koltsov, handed away,” the membership mentioned in a press release on Tuesday.
“He was a robust and cheerful particular person, he was beloved and revered by gamers, colleagues, followers. Konstantin Evgenievich ceaselessly written himself within the historical past of our membership.”
No explanation for Koltsov’s dying has been introduced.
In a assertion on X, previously referred to as Twitter, the Pittsburgh Penguins provided “their deepest condolences to the household and mates” of Koltsov, who performed 144 video games for the NHL franchise.
Koltsov frequently traveled to tennis tournaments around the globe with Sabalenka, who received her second grand slam title on the Australian Open earlier this 12 months.
In an Instagram put up in 2022, Sabalenka described her accomplice as “the most effective man on this planet” and mentioned that he “make[s] me blissful daily.” In line with Folks, the pair have been linked collectively since June 2021.
The world No. 2 misplaced within the fourth spherical of Indian Wells in California final week and is because of compete within the upcoming Miami Open later this week.