The women’s national team of Russia will be training at the olympic base in Novogorsk in Moscow region from 25 February to 4 March.
21 handball players are called to the training session, according to the HFR official web-site. Playmaker Ksenia Ilyina, right wing Valeria Vaykum and pivot Valentina Tomilina were invited to Novogorsk for the first time.
The national team of Russia:
gk — Anna Vereshchak (Dinamo-Sinara), Anastasia Kazmenko (Rostov-Don), Anastasia Ryabtseva (Astrakhanochka);
lw — Sofia Vasilyeva (Dinamo-Sinara), Marianna Egorova (Zvezda), Kristina Kozhokar (Rostov-Don);
p — Anastasia Illarionova, Victoria Shamanovskaya (both from CSKA), Valentina Tomilina (AGU-Adyif);
rw — Valeria Vaykum (Chernomorochka), Albina Murzalieva (CSKA), Valeria Sobkalo (Kuban);
lb — Natalia Nikitina (Chernomorochka), Varvara Semina (Dinamo-Sinara), Polina Sharkova (Astrakhanochka);
cb — Ksenia Ilyina (Astrakhanochka), Valeria Kirdyasheva, Yaroslava Frolova (both from Rostov-Don);
rb — Yulia Baeva, Olga Yavon (both from CSKA), Ekaterina Zelenkova (Rostov-Don).
Photo: rushandball.ru