Jan 26 (Reuters) - Kim Martin Hasson won a silver ‌medal at the 2006 Olympics and although women's ice hockey has been transformed over the last 20 years, the former Sweden goaltender ‌says the rivalries will be just as fierce when the Games return to Italy next month.

Men's hockey has been part ‌of the Olympics for over a century while women had to wait until 1998 for their chance. Martin Hasson made her Olympic debut four years later and the event has since become one of the most anticipated at the Games.