In fact, Russian female hockey team has lost any chances to win Olympic medals after defeat to Swedish team - 1:3.
The only goal of Russian team was scored by Svetlana Trefilova.
The game between Russian and Swedish teams was considered for a quarter-final one. The situation in female hockey tournament is rather clear - there is no doubt that Canadian and USA team will meet in final. Therefore, a match between Sweden and Russia, which are in group A along with Canada and Italy, was a struggle for passing to semi-final. Recently a combined team of Sweden constantly defeated Russian sportswomen and was considered the favorite of Olympic tournament.
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