Sokolovsky narrows Russian NT candidates to 20, leaves Abrosimova outside

Russian National Team head coach has announced 20+2 players who will go to the team’s training camp on May 27.

 

 

 

 

Elena Danilochkina	Point guard	Nadezhda
Katerina Keyru	Point guard	Chevakata
Becky Hammon	Point guard	Sparta&K
Tatiana Popova	Point guard	Dynamo Moscow
Natalia Zhedik	Shooting guard	Nadezhda
Ilona Korstin	Shooting guard	Perfumerias Avenida
Evgenia Belyakova	Shooting guard	Sparta&K
Olga Arteshina	Small forward	UMMC
Maria Cherepanova	Small forward	Chevakata
Anastasia Shilova	Small forward	Dynamo-GUVD
Irina Sokolovskaya	Small forward	Dynamo Moscow
Natalia Vodopyanova	Small forward	Dynamo Kursk
Marina Kuzina	Power forward	Sparta&K
Tatiana Vidmer	Power forward	UMMC
Natalia Myasoedova	Power forward	Dynamo-GUVD
Anna Petrakova	Power forward	Dynamo Kursk
Natalia Vieru	Center	Good Angels Kosice
Nadezhda Grishaeva	Center	Arras
Ekaterina Lisina	Center	Dynamo Kursk
Irina Osipova	Center	Sparta&K

Reserves: Marina Karpunina, Liudmila Sapova.

Both Karpunina and Sapova will start their camps on May 10 with the reserve squad.

Ekaterina Ruzanova, Svetlana Abrosimova, Anastasia Logunova have been removed from the initial 25 player roster.

The most surprising of them all is the absence of NT captain Svetlana Abrosimova. According to Sokolovsky the reason for her absence is her very small playing time over the past two seasons. She averaged 15 minutes per game in Russian league and 11 minutes per game in EuroLeague Women.

Of course that criteria wasn’t put to work when he decided to drag along Marina Karpunina who hasn’t played competitive basketball for two years or Ilona Korstin who had the same bench role with Avenida as Abrosimova did with UMMC.

Becky Hammon will join the team in mid-July.