Spirit CEO explains why Hally missed the major

The head of the esports organization Team Spirit, Nikita Cheshir Chukalin, explained why the CS2 coach of the team, Sergei hally Shavaev, did not go with the team to the IEM Cologne Major 2026. During a question and answer session on his Telegram channel, Chukalin noted that Shavaev had serious health problems.

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Detailed - he was urgently hospitalized from Belgrade to Moscow on June 1, 2026, there were life-threatening risks, he spent 24 days in the hospital, the problems were partially solved, but now he is not in danger and he can get his health in order without being distracted from his professional activities. If he had not been hospitalized and if Dima [S0tF1k] had received a visa, they would have worked as a duo at a LAN in Cologne.

Spirit's CS2 roster played three tournaments without hally, including IEM Cologne Major 2026. At the major, which took place June 2–21 in Germany, the team took 3-4 place. At the end of June, Shavaev returned to work. You can read more about this in the material.