In the suburbs spent the last way Olympic champion 1984 Mikhail Vasiliev

In Elektrogorsk, Moscow region, a funeral was held for Mikhail Vasiliev, the 1984 Olympic champion, world champion and multiple winner of the USSR hockey championships. The ceremony was held in the Church of All Saints in the land of the Russian shining, reports the correspondent of TASS.

Vasiliev died in the 65th year. The cause of death, according to his partner in the USSR and CSKA Igor Larionov, was lung cancer. In the coaching staff of Larionov Vasiliev worked in Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo and St. Petersburg SKA.

As a player, Vasiliev defended the colors of Moscow CSKA, Yaroslavl Torpedo, Danish Redovre and several Italian clubs. He also won the 1987 World Cup silver and the 1985 bronze.

After his career, Vasiliev worked as a coach of Salavat Yulaev from 2020 to 2022, and before that he headed the youth team of the Ufa club Tolpar. He also worked with the youth and junior teams of Russia, the junior national team of Belarus, Torpedo, the Red Army and Toros.