BetBoom will compete at the BLAST Bounty Season 1 Finals with a significantly weakened roster, as visa issues have sidelined Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov and Aleksandr “zorte” Zagodyrenko, the organization announced late yesterday.
Stepping in for the in-game leader and star AWPer are Vladislav “nafany” Gorshkov and Aleksandr “KaiR0N-” Anashkin, both of whom are currently benched by the Russian squad.
Not the first incident
The announcement comes as a significant blow following BetBoom’s strong showing in the online qualifier, where they defeated MOUZ and FURIA to secure their spot in Copenhagen.
BetBoom is not the only team grappling with visa issues. HEROIC has also confirmed that Andrey “tN1R” Tatarinovich will miss the tournament for the same reason.
The $500,000 tournament kicks off on Thursday.
BetBoom’s lineup for BLAST Bounty S1 Finals:
Pavel “S1ren” Ogloblin
Kirill “Magnojez” Rodnov
Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov
Vladislav “nafany” Gorshkov (stand-in)
Aleksandr “KaiR0N-” Anashkin (stand-in)
Artem “RAiLWAY” Gradovich (coach)