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KHL Deals with Cherepanov Tragedy
by Alanah McGinley on 10/22/08 at 04:03 PM ET
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Press Release from the KHL:
Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Kontinental Hockey League
The Board of Directors of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) adopted a number of important resolutions at its October 21 meeting that are of great consequence to the future operations of the League. The meeting focused primarily on matters involving internal medical support services, first and foremost those concerning the medical monitoring of athletes.
Most significantly, the Board heard a preliminary report from a special KHL commission investigating the circumstances of the death of Omsk Avangard hockey player Alexei Cherepanov. As a result, the Board resolved to adopt a series of measures aimed at preventing future tragedies in hockey:
• Members of the Board took note of the fact that the tragedy in Chekhov demands more serious measures than those currently within the competence of the KHL. The League President addressed a letter to Russia’s Health and Social Development Minister with a request to upgrade the regulations regarding the mandatory equipment required on board all ambulances on duty at all mass sports and entertainment events.
• The director of HC Vityaz and the director of the Vityaz Ice Arena have been disqualified for egregious violations of KHL Championship Regulations. They will no longer work within the League system. A commission has further detected violations in the medical arrangements provided for the KHL Championship game between Neftehimik and Spartak. The Neftehimik (Nizhnekamsk) hockey club has been held accountable for the violation in accordance with the established Regulations.
• The Board of Director instructed the KHL Medical Center to immediately introduce a program providing players with a “single electronic medical passport for athletes,” which must containing key information about a wide range of medical issues.
• The League will employ the KHL Medical Center to conduct in-depth medical examinations of 67 young hockey players between November and December of this year.
• League teams must further complete a comprehensive health examination of professional hockey players at appropriate health care institutions by March 30, 2009.
• The Board also adopted changes to the Open Championship of Russia – KHL Championship Regulations, which go into immediate effect: two ambulances, equipped according to established regulations, must be kept on duty at each game.
• The Board adopted a resolution recommending that League teams ensure the presence of professional specialists – cardiologists, ophthalmologists and surgeons – at KHL Championship games, who could provide medical assistance to both athletes and spectators.
• A general seminar for KHL team doctors will also shortly be conducted under the aegis of the KHL Medical Center.
• A special KHL commission will complete a full infrastructure inspection at League teams’ schools for children and the youth (game and training exercise venues, safety systems and medical provision) by December 30 of this year. It was resolved that prior of the League’s junior draft, all participating players will undergo an in-depth medical examination.The Board of Directors further resolved to expand the practice of match inspections conducted by League commissioners. The Board also resolved to extend the commissioners’ powers, up to and including their authority to cancel games should they fail to meet the requirements of the Regulations. It was resolved to enhance the League’s monitoring of team officials’ adherence to Labor Regulations on points concerning the employment of athletes who are under the age of 18.
The League will also soon conclude an agreement with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency and begin a full-scale monitoring of KHL team players for doping as of February 1, 2009.
In administrative news, the KHL Board elected a new Chairman. Vyacheslav Fetisov, a sporting legend who has won World and Olympic Games Championships and now serves on the Federation Council, was elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors. Also, the KHL Board of Directors resolved to create a KHL Board of Trustees, which will be headed by the Chief-of-Staff of the Presidential Administration, Sergei Naryshkin. The Board of Trustees will feature prominent state officials, famous athletes, and representatives of both the country’s business and cultural elite.
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Good for them!
If they follow through on this, it is a big step forward for all the athletes over there.
Posted by w2j2 on 10/22/08 at 03:18 PM ET
Tragically late but it’s a step in the right direction.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 10/22/08 at 05:38 PM ET
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This news is very heartening if the standards are is implemented as mentioned in the press release. If they can get the support from the Russian government to enforce additional standards they cannot control, then at least something good will come out of this tragedy.
Posted by bcrt on 10/22/08 at 03:17 PM ET