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The men's head coach Oleg Perevozchikov announced the names of the athletes in the early stages of World Cup will defend the colors of Russia, where it is already time to psychodrama.
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BELOV Evgeniy (1990) Bessmertnykh Alexander (1986) Chernousov Ilia (1986) JAPAROV Dmitriy (1986) LARKOV Andrey (1989) Legkov Aleksander (1983) USTIUGOV Sergey (1992) Vylegzhanin Maxim (1982)
The eight mentioned athletes will compete in FIS races in Muonio (November 15 to 17) and Inari (22-24 November)'' before the planned start of the World Cup in Kuusamo on November 29. Perevozchikov also declared as sprinter not yet been decided.
Menshenin Gregory, head coach of the women's team, explained how their competitions Muonio and Inari will be critical to the choice of racers.
It is worth to emphasize the paradoxical situation in which we find the Russian team male. The leader Aleksander Legkov,'' winner of the last Tour de Ski and able to trouble Northug and Cologna in the fight to the overall World Cup, is disliked by the federal president Elena Valbe who recently said he did not feel it necessary in the Olympic relay .
Probably the number one federation has failed genius choosing Legkov to train independently from the national team along with Ilia Chernousov. The two are followed by Switzerland's Reto Burgermeister, who, aware of the statements of Valbe, said: "If my athletes fail, I'll have to buy the first one-way ticket and leave Russia'' s instant." A statement certainly playful, but not too much.
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