The head coach of the basketball team spoke about the situation in the team before the start of the training camp
Head coach national team of Ukraine basketball Vitaly Stepanovsky spoke about the situation with injured players before the start of the summer training camp.
“There are a lot of injured players: Denis Lukashov, Ilya Sidorov, Ivan Tkachenko. Maxim Shulga, who also plans to have an operation in July, received an injury to his thumb. Vladimir Gerun has some problems, but he is not going to perform the operation yet, he wants to try to cure his knee with injections. We agreed that we will keep in touch, we will see at the end of next month what the situation will be with the knee and then we will decide whether he will join the national team or not. Of course, this will affect the preparation and the overall composition of our team,” said the coach.
Earlier, Stepanovsky confirmed the holding of three sparring matches of the Ukrainian national team in the summer with the teams of Lithuania, Israel and the Netherlands. The blue-yellows have planned fights against two more opponents, which will be agreed upon later.
The Ukrainian national basketball team will play in the pre-qualification group of the Olympic tournament with Turkey, Bulgaria and Iceland. To enter the main qualifying tournament, Ukraine needs to become one of the top two in the group stage, and then win the playoffs, which starts from the semi-finals. All matches will be held in Istanbul from 12 to 20 August 2023.
Source: Sportarena
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