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Updated Tuesday, March 19, 2024-07:35

Former ice hockey player

Konstantin Koltsov

, partner of tennis player

Aryna Sabalenka

, died at the age of 42, the Belarusian federation of this sport said on Tuesday.

Koltsov "died suddenly," the ice hockey federation wrote in a short statement in which it did not specify the cause or place of death.

Throughout his career, the Belarusian athlete played in the powerful American NHL league, with the

Pittsburgh Penguins

team .

She was a partner of the Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, world number two and double winner of the Australian Open.

The 25-year-old player did not immediately comment.

This week she was scheduled to compete in the

Miami Masters 1000

.