The chairman of the High Council of the Russian Handball Federation (the HFR) Sergey Shishkarev informed that Lyudmila Bodniyeva and Velimir Petkovich will continue to work as the head coaches of the women’s and men’s national teams, respectively.
— The Ministry of Sports approved the head coaches. Bodniyeva and Petkovich will continue to work in the national teams. The main criteria for evaluating their work is preparation of a reserve and coordination of work between the national teams. I would note, that, according to Petkovich’s words, the anthropometric data of our handball players is getting worse. I attribute this to week physical training of the nation. Girls have better rates, there are a lot of physically strong players, — matchtv.ru quotes Sergey Shishkarev.
Shishkarev also stated that the men’s national team of Russia will participate in several friendly matches with the national team of Belarus this autumn.
— The matches with Belarus will be held in Brest, Minsk and Gomel, — Shishkarev said.
Photo: the Russian Olympic Committee press
