Large and strong Russian team on their way to the ECh
With almost 100 athletes in tow, the Russian national team will be setting off this week to Munich for the European Championships in Athletics (6 to 11 August). The line-up is both large and strong, featuring many well-known names.
Yuri Borzakovsky (Photo: Chai)
Nominations include the world champions, Natalja Sadova (discus), Olga Yegorova (5000 m) and Olimpiada Ivanova (walker) as well as the world best for the year - Aleskey Zagornyi (hammer), Sergej Makarov (javelin), Yulia Pechonkina (400m hurdles), Svetlana Feofanova (pole vault), Yelena Olejnikova (triple jump), Svetlana Kriveljova (shot-put), Olga Kuzenkova (hammer), Jelena Nikolajeva (walker) and Tatjana Kotova (long jump). As already stated, the budding star, Yuri Borzakovsky, is concentrating on the 400 m at the expense of his normal stretch which is twice as long. Borzakovsky is also in the running for the 4x400 m relay.
The Russian ECh team also features other hot favourites and secret tips to win a medal, including the walker, Natalja Fedoskina, the aspiring pole vault jumper, Vassiliy Gorshkov, javelin thrower, Tatjana Schikolenko, Olesya Zykina (400m), European indoor champion, Marina Kuptsova (high-jump) and the old-timer Dimitri Schevchenko (discus). However, even this list can be enhanced with some other interesting names, and there is no doubt that the East Europeans will certainly acclaim some medals in the Olympic stadium in Munich.
The Russian Team:
ALEKSANDROVA Galina - 10000 m Women / Frauen
ANDREYEV Vladimir - 20 km Walk/Gehen Men / Männer
ANDRONOV Yuriy - 50 km Walk/Gehen Men / Männer
ANTIUKH Natalya - 4x400 m Women / Frauen
ARITKULOV Ramil - 800 m Men / Männer
BAKHVALOVA Yekaterina - RUS 400 m Hurdles/Hürden Women / Frauen
BELYAKOVA Yelena - RUS Pole Vault/Stabhochsprung Women / Frauen
BIKTASHEVA Liudmila - 10000 m Women / Frauen
BLINOV Sergey - 200 m Men / Männer
BOGDANOV Dmitriy - 800 m Men / Männer
BORZAKOVSKIY Yuriy - 400 m Men / Männer
BURAYEV Viktor - 20 km Walk/Gehen Men / Männer
BURKENYA Danil - Long Jump/Weitsprung Men / Männer
BYCHKOV Sergey - 100 m Men / Männer
CHERKASOVA Svetlana - 800 m Women / Frauen
CHISTYAKOV Alexander - 4x100 m Men / Männer
DAVYDOVA Alla - Hammer Women / Frauen
FEDOSKINA Natalya - 20 km Walk/Gehen Women / Frauen
FEOFANOVA Svetlana - Pole Vault/Stabhochsprung Women / Frauen
FOMENKO Pavel - High Jump/Hochsprung Men / Männer
GERASIMOV Pavel - Pole Vault/Stabhochsprung Men / Männer
GORBAN Boris - 400 m Hurdles/Hürden Men / Männer
GORSHKOV Vasiliy - Pole Vault/Stabhochsprung Men / Männer
IGNATOVA Natalya - 100 m Women / Frauen
ISINBAYEVA Yelena - Pole Vault/Stabhochsprung Women / Frauen
IVANOV Aleksandr – Javelin/Speer Men / Männer
IVANOVA Alevtina - Marathon Women / Frauen
IVANOVA Olimpiada - 20 km Walk/Gehen Women / Frauen
KALITURINA Olga - High Jump/Hochsprung Women / Frauen
KAPACHINSKAYA Anastasia - 400 m Women / Frauen
KHABAROVA Irina - 200 m Women / Frauen
KHERSONTSEV Vadim - RUS Hammer Men / Männer
KISLYKH Andrey - 110 m Hurdles/Hürden Men / Männer
KONOVALOV Ilya - Hammer Men / Männer
KOROTEYEVA Maria - 100 m Hurdles/Hürden Women / Frauen
KORZHANENKO Irina - Shot Put/Kugelstoßen Women / Frauen
KOTOVA Tatyana - Long Jump/Weitsprung Women / Frauen
KRIVELEVA Svetlana - Shot Put/Kugelstoßen Women / Frauen
KRUGLOVA Larisa - 100 m Women / Frauen
KUPTSOVA Marina - High Jump/Hochsprung Women / Frauen
KUZENKOVA Olga - Hammer Women / Frauen
LAUKHOVA Svetlana - 100 m Hurdles/Hürden Women / Frauen
LEBEDEV Yevgeniy - 400 m Men / Männer
LEVINA Tatyana - 400 m Women / Frauen
LOBODIN Lev – Decathlon/Zehnkampf Men / Männer
MAKAROV Sergey – Javelin/Speer Men / Männer
MAKSIMOV Dmitriy - 10000 m Men / Männer
MALYAVIN Vladimir - Long Jump/Weitsprung Men / Männer
KISLOVA Marina - 100 m Women / Frauen
MASHCHENKO Ruslan - 400 m Hurdles/Hürden Men / Männer
MELNIKOVA Irina - Long Jump/Weitsprung Women / Frauen
MISHUKOV Oleg - 400 m Men / Männer
MISTIUKEVICH Irina - 800 m Women / Frauen
MITROFANOV Dmitriy - Long Jump/Weitsprung Men / Männer
MUSIKHIN Aleksey - Triple Jump/Dreisprung Men / Männer
NAZAROVA Natalya - 4x400 m Women / Frauen
NIKOLAYEVA Yelena - 20 km Walk/Gehen Women / Frauen
OLEYNIKOVA Yelena - Triple Jump/Dreisprung Women / Frauen
PECHENKINA Yulia - 400 m Hurdles/Hürden Women / Frauen
POGORELOV Aleksandr – Decathlon/Zehnkampf Men / Männer
PUZANOVA Yekaterina - 1500 m Women / Frauen
PYATYKH Anna - Triple Jump/Dreisprung Women / Frauen
RASPOPOVA Olga - 800 m Women / Frauen
ROGOVA Oksana - Triple Jump/Dreisprung Women / Frauen
RUBLEVA Olga - Long Jump/Weitsprung Women / Frauen
RYABOV Aleksandr - 100 m Men / Männer
RYBAKOV Yaroslav - High Jump/Hochsprung Men / Männer
SADOVA Natalya – Discus/Diskus Women / Frauen
SAFAROVA Irina - Marathon Women / Frauen
SAMOKHVALOVA Alena - 10000 m Women / Frauen
SEMENOV Andrey - 400 m Men / Männer
SEREGINA Viktoria - High Jump/Hochsprung Women / Frauen
SERGEYEV Oleg - 200 m Men / Männer
SHEVCHENKO Dmitriy – Discus/Diskus Men / Männer
SHIKOLENKO Tatyana – Javelin/Speer Women / Frauen
SKURYGIN German - 50 km Walk/Gehen Men / Männer
SMIRNOV Aleksandr - 100 m Men / Männer
SOKOLOVA Svetlana – Heptathlon/Siebenkampf Women / Frauen
SPASOVKHODSKIY Igor - Triple Jump/Dreisprung Men / Männer
STADNICHUK Andrey - 20 km Walk/Gehen Men / Männer
STROGALEV Vadim - Pole Vault/Stabhoch Men / Männer
TABAKOVA Yulia - 200 m Women / Frauen
TAURYANINA Yelena - Hammer Women / Frauen
TIMOFEYEVA Irina - Marathon Women / Frauen
TOMASHEVA Tatyana - 1500 m Women / Frauen
USOV Roman - 3000 m Steeple/Hindernis Men / Männer
VASILEVSKAYA Lidia - Marathon Women / Frauen
VASILYEVA Irina - Triple Jump/Dreisprung Women / Frauen
VOLKOVA Lilia - 5000 m Women / Frauen
VOYEVODIN Aleksey - 50 km Walk/Gehen Men / Männer
YEGINOV Mikhail - 5000 m Men / Männer
YEGOROVA Olga - 5000 m Women / Frauen
YELYASOVA Oksana - 400 m Hurdles/hurdles Women / Frauen
ZADOROZHNAYA Yelena - 5000 m Women / Frauen
ZAGORNYI Aleksey - Hammer Men / Männer
ZOLOTAREVA Tatyana - Marathon Women / Frauen
ZYKINA Olesya - 400 m Women / Frauen
