Sokolova
The list has 36 names and only one was a little bit unexpected – Lyubov Sokolova Shashkova. The 40-year-old player returns on the extended list of the National team although she refused to play for Russia in 2016 because she didn’t want to take someone else’s place in the team.
But that is not the only surprise, she was called as a libero. The player has not yet expressed whether she will accept the invitation or not.
The list of 36 names
Setters: Pankova, Vetrova, Startseva, Novik, Ryseva
Middle blockers: Samoilenko, Fetisova, Pushina, Lazarenko, O.Efimova, Kotova, Enina, R.Goncharova, Koroleva
Opposites: Litovchenko, N. Goncharova, Isaeva, Russu, Petrova, Malykh
Receivers: Shevchuk, Shcherban, Ilchenko, Voronkova, Bavykina, Salonica, Kotikova, Sharavskaya, Iurinskaya, Pankova
Liberos: Sokolova, Ulanova, Frolova, Romanenko, Oganezova, Galeyeva.
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