The training session of the women’s national team started on the olympic base in Novogorsk on Monday, 20 November, the HFR press service informs.
The national team of Russia will train in Noogorsk from 20 to 24 November. An open workout will be held on Wednesday for mass media representatives. And the flight of the team to Minsk is scheduled for Friday, where friendly matches with the national team of Belarus will be held on 25 and 26 of November.
As previously reported, one forced substitution was made in the national team of Russia.
The playmaker Valeria Kirdyasheva won’t be able to join the national team for medical reasons, Alina Reshetnikova, who also represents HC Rostov-Don, was invited instead of her.
— The team gathered at the base today and started the training session with the scheduled workout. We have some problems with the line-up, the training session will show us, who we can count on in Belarus, — the head coach of the Russian national team Lyudmila Bodniyeva summarized the opening day.
The national team of Russia:
goalkeepers — Anna Vereshchak (Dinamo-Sinara), Anastasia Kazmenko (Rostov-Don), Anastasia Ryabtseva (Astrakhanochka);
left wingers — Sofia Vasilyeva (Dinamo-Sinara), Marianna Egorova (Zvezda), Kristina Kozhokar (Rostov-Don);
line players — Alena Amelchenko (Rostov-Don), Anastasia Illarionova, Victoria Shamanovskaya (both from CSKA);
right wingers — Albina Murzalieva (CSKA), Valeria Sobkalo (Kuban);
left backs — Elena Mikhaylichenko (CSKA), Natalia Nikitina (Chernomorochka), Polina Sharkova (Astrakhanochka);
playmakers — Daria Dmitriyeva (RK Krim, Slovenia), Ekaterina Dolmatova (Dinamo-Sinara), Alina Reshetnikova (Rostov-Don);
right backs — Ekaterina Zelenkova (Rostov-Don), Olga Yavon (Lada).
Friendly matches
25 November
Belarus — Russia
26 November
Belarus — Russia
Photo: the HFR press
