Russia (bbabo.net), - The coaching staff of the Russian national team led by Alexei Zhamnov is an extended list of players who will prepare for the Olympic tournament in Beijing. There are 37 names on the list, 25 will remain in the final application.
This expanded composition is almost no different from what was leaked to the press the day before. But with reservations. Let's start with the list itself.
Goalkeepers: Yaroslav Askarov, Alexander Samonov (both SKA), Timur Bilyalov (Ak Bars), Ivan Fedotov (CSKA), Dmitry Shugaev (Severstal).
Defenders: Dmitry Vishnevsky, Alexander Nikishin (both - "Spartak"), Vyacheslav Voinov ("Dynamo" M), Alexander Yelesin ("Lokomotiv"), Artem Minulin, Yegor Yakovlev (both - "Metallurg" Mg), Shakir Mukhamadullin (" Salavat Yulaev"), Nikita Nesterov (CSKA), Daniil Pylenkov (SKA), Sergei Telegin ("Tractor"), Semyon Chistyakov, Damir Sharipzyanov (both - "Vanguard").
Forwards: Sergey Andronov, Mikhail Grigorenko, Pavel Karnaukhov, Sergey Plotnikov, Anton Slepyshev (all - CSKA), Artem Anisimov, Artur Kayumov (both - Lokomotiv), Anton Burdasov, Nikita Gusev, Andrey Kuzmenko, Kirill Marchenko (all - SKA) ), Artem Galimov, Dmitry Voronkov (both - "Ak Bars"), Stanislav Galiev, Vadim Shipachev (both - "Dynamo" M), Arseniy Gritsyuk, Kirill Semenov (both - "Vanguard"), Alexander Kadeikin ("Salavat Yulaev" ), Vladimir Tkachev ("Tractor"), Andrey Chibisov ("Metallurg" Mg).
Compared to the version that appeared in the press the day before, one surname was added to the line-up. We are talking about a veteran of the Yaroslavl “Locomotive”, center forward Artem Anisimov, who has a decent experience of playing in the National Hockey League.
At the same time, two of the extended squad did not reach the base in Novogorsk, where the collection began yesterday. This is Salavat defender Shakir Mukhamadullin and Traktor forward Vladimir Tkachev. Both, unfortunately, have coronavirus.
Incomprehensible for some time was the fate of the striker “Ak Bars” Artem Galimov. First, information appeared that the player would not be able to join the national team for family reasons, and this was confirmed by the club's press service, and then the "leopards" denied themselves, writing that Galimov still went to Novogorsk.
One way or another, the arriving players will first go through quarantine activities, and then start training.
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