Russians cut Myasoedova and Sokolovskaya, training camp roster down to 16

Posted by: Jānis Kacēns 2012-06-18 12:40 in Featured, National Teams

Russian NT head coach Boris Sokolovsky has announced that following camp in Italy power forward Natalia Myasoedova and forward Irina Sokolovskaya have been cut from the team.

Myasoedova was beat out from the team by the likes of Vieru, Grishaeva and Kuzina.

Sokolovskaya joined the team last week after Marina Karpunina re-injured her knee again, but having missed the first part of the camp she was out of shape compared to the remainder of the team.

16 player roster that this week will head to Latvia for a training camp there is as follows:

Name	Height	Position	DOB	Club
Elena Danilochkina	182 cm	guard	27.01.1986	Nadezhda
Katerina Keyru	182 cm	guard	04.12.1988	Chevakata
Tatiana Popova	179 cm	guard	17.09.1984	Dynamo Moscow
Natalia Zhedik	183 cm	guard	11.07.1988	Nadezhda
Ilona Korstin	183 cm	guard	30.05.1980	Perfumerias Avenida, Spain
Evgenia Belyakova	182 cm	guard	27.06.1986	Sparta&K
Olga Arteshina	188 cm	forward	27.11.1982	UMMC
Maria Cherepanova	189 cm	forward	28.08.1987	Chevakata
Natalia Vodopyanova	188 cm	forward	04.06.1981	Dynamo Kursk
Marina Kuzina	195 cm	forward	19.07.1985	Sparta&K
Natalia Vieru	196 cm	center	25.07.1989	Good Angels
Anna Petrakova	189 cm	forward	04.12.1984	Dynamo Kursk
Nadezhda Grishaeva	195 cm	center	02.07.1989	Arras, France
Ekaterina Lisina	198 cm	center	15.10.1987	Dynamo Kursk
Liudmila Sapova	185 cm	forward	03.05.1984	Nadezhda
Irina Osipova	196 cm	center	25.06.1981	Sparta&K

Guard Becky Hammon will join the team later.