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Mar 19, 2024, 12:47 PM ET
MIAMI — Konstantin Koltsov, the Belarusian former pro ice hockey player and boyfriend of professional tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, died in an “apparent suicide,” the Miami-Dade police department said Tuesday.
Police said in a statement sent to Reuters that Bal Harbour Police and Fire Rescue had responded to a call at 12:39 a.m. Monday at St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort about reports of a man jumping off a balcony.
“No foul play is suspected,” the Miami-Dade Police Department said in a statement, adding that the Homicide Bureau has taken over the investigation.
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Koltsov, 42, was a forward with the Belarus national team in the 2002 and 2010 Olympics and spent parts of three seasons with the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins from 2002 and 2006.
His death was confirmed by Russian club Salavat Yulaev, where he was an assistant coach.
Sabalenka, the world’s No. 2 women’s tennis player and Australian Open champion, is in Miami for a women’s WTA event.
According to media reports Sabalenka is not withdrawing from the Miami Open, which begins Tuesday. There will be no press conferences following her matches.
Sabalenka has a first-round bye and is scheduled to play either Romanian wild card Simona Halep, who is returning from a doping ban, or Spain’s Paula Badosa on Friday.
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