Russia (bbabo.net), - "The flight went well, we slept because we flew at night. The mood is excellent, I want to start training as soon as possible," said team captain Vadim Shipachev in an interview with the information service of the Russian Olympic Committee.
As reported, the team's training scheduled for Thursday will not take place.
The Russian national team plays in the same group with the teams of the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Denmark. The first match will take place on February 9 against the Swiss.
The composition of the Russian team for the Beijing Olympics: goalkeepers - Timur Bilyalov (Ak Bars), Alexander Samonov (SKA), Ivan Fedotov (CSKA); defenders - Vyacheslav Voinov (Dynamo Moscow), Alexander Yelesin (Lokomotiv), Artem Minulin, Yegor Yakovlev (both Metallurg), Nikita Nesterov (CSKA Moscow), Alexander Nikishin (" Spartak"), Sergey Telegin ("Tractor"), Damir Sharipzyanov ("Vanguard"); forwards - Sergey Andronov, Mikhail Grigorenko, Pavel Karnaukhov, Sergey Plotnikov, Anton Slepyshev (all - CSKA), Dmitry Voronkov (Ak Bars), Arseniy Gritsyuk, Kirill Semenov (both - Avangard) , Nikita Gusev (SKA), Artur Kayumov (Lokomotiv), Vadim Shipachev, Stanislav Galiev (both Dynamo Moscow), Vladimir Tkachev (Tractor), Andrey Chibisov (Metallurg).
Reserve players: goalkeeper Dmitry Shugaev (Severstal), defender Shakir Mukhamadullin (Salavat Yulaev), forwards Alexander Kadeikin (Salavat Yulaev), Andrey Kuzmenko (SKA), Artem Anisimov (Lokomotiv ") and Kirill Marchenko (SKA).
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