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RUS M: Alekno has shortened the roster, no place for youngsters…

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source: rsport.ru; Photo: FIVB

Vladimir Alekno crossed 6 names from the roster. Russia will start preparing for the European Olympic Qualifier with 16 players in the team.

Alekno

Alekno

These kind of decisions are never easy, but they simply must be made. Vladimir Alekno has shortened the roster of the Russian national team to 16 names. He decided to cut 6 names from the wide list, including Igor Kolodinskiy, Victor Poletaev, Sergey Savin, Artem Ermakov, Ilya Vlasov and Valetin Golubev.

It is interesting to see that Aelkno decided to cut perhaps two top Russian talents – Victor Poletaev and Ilya Vlasov. 

Check out the full roster of Russia:

Setters: Dmitri Kovalev, Sergei Grankin

Receivers: Evgeny Sivozhelez, Sergey Tetyukhin, Yuri Berezhko, Egor Kliuka, Alexander Markin

Opposites: Maxim Mikhaylov, Konstantin Bakun

Middle Blockers: Dmitry Muserskiy, Artem Volvich, Andrey Ashev, Alexander Volkov, Dmitry Scherbinin

Libero: Aleksey Obmochaev, Alexei Verbov

The European Olympic Qualifier is scheduled for January 5-9 and it will be held in Berlin.

 

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