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GP: Ekaterinburg ready to host

by WoV
source: fivb.org; Photo: fivb.org

The Russian city of Ekaterinburg is gearing up to host Pool J matches of the Preliminary Round of the FIVB World Grand Prix this weekend. Cuba, Italy, Russia and Thailand will all be competing for their ticket to the FIVB Grand Prix Final that will take place in Sapporo, Japan from August 28 to September 1.

Coach Yuriy Marichev with his team

Coach Yuriy Marichev with his team

 

The teams have already arrived  and have carried out their first training sessions in preparation for this weekend’s matches.

Volleyball fans in Ekaterinburg will get to see Russia’s new senior women’s team, coached by Yuriy Marichev who was appointed only this spring.

This season will see the Russian national team without players like Ekaterina Gamova, the best spiker in the history of Russian volleyball or Middle Blockers Yulia Morozova and Maria Perepelkina. Following the 2012 Olympic Games, Evgeniya Estes and Lubov Sokolova are not on this year’s FIVB World Grand Prix line-up. However, Yuriy Marichev has pulled together many successful new players for this year’s team including Natalia Obmochaeva and Tatiana Kosheleva. Alexandra Pasynkova was invited to Russian team after five years break.

In every match we try to decide two main tasks: how to win the match and how to show our best game. And showing our best game is the most important now,” said Marichev.

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