The press service of the HFR informs of the changes in the women’s national team of Russia for the training session.
The pivot of HC Astrakhanochka Varvara Yuryeva and the right back of HC CSKA Olga Yavon will miss the training session. The centre back of HC Zvezda Snezhanna Vertushkova received a debut call to the national team.
The training session of the national team of Russia started in Novogorsk on April, 5. The national team will participate in the international tournament dedicated to the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War and will play with the Russian youth national team and the national team of Belarus. The team will head to Volgograd on April, 10.
The national team of Russia:
gk — Anastasia Kazmenko (Rostov-Don), Polina Kaplina (CSKA), Anastasia Ryabtseva (Astrakhanochka);
lw — Sofia Vasilyeva (Dinamo-Sinara), Yulia Kozachenko (CSKA), Kristina Kozhokar (Rostov-Don);
p — Anastasia Illarionova, Victoria Shamanovskaya (both from CSKA);
rw — Anna Kaynarova (Astrakhanochka), Valeria Sobkalo (CSKA), Anastasia Shkitina (Dinamo-Sinara);
lb — Natalia Nikitina (Chernomorochka), Yulia Babenko, Daria Statsenko (both from Rostov-Don);
cb — Ekaterina Dolmatova (Dinamo-Sinara), Karina Sabirova (CSKA), Snezhanna Vertushkova (Zvezda);
rb — Antonina Santalova (CSKA), Ekaterina Zelenkova (Rostov-Don).
The coaching staff: Lyudmila Bodniyeva (the head coach), Mikhail Izmaylov, Aleksandr Yanushevich (general physical training coach).
Photo: the HFR press
