Russian Canoe Sprint Championships to be held in Kazan on August 12-18. Part 1
The Russian Canoe Sprint Championships will take place at the Rowing Centre and include the nation's top rowers aged 19 and under. Up to 300 athletes representing 15 regions of the country will compete in 83 medal events. The tournament kicks off on August 13.
The national championship will bring together best rowers of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar Krai, as well as Ulyanovsk, Kaluga, Ryazansk, Rostov, Astrakhan, Moscow, Saratov and Voronezh Oblasts, Republic of Tatarstan and some other regions.
Leaders of the Russian national team:
- men's kayak - Oleg Gusev, Vladislav Blintsov, Vladislav Pobirchenko, Anton Belskoy;
- men's canoe - Vladislav Chebotar, Artyom Pron, Ilya Isaev, Dmitry Sharov;
- women's kayak - Inna Nikitina, Varvara Baranova, Lyudmila Odintsova, Kristina Kovnir.