First Vice-President of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) Irina Privalova in a conversation with , she commented on the composition of the national team for the BRICS Games.
On Tuesday, ARAF announced the composition of the Russian national team for the BRICS Games. Athletics competitions will be held in Kazan on July 15 and 16. The team included 115 athletes and 30 accompanying coaches and medical staff.
At the BRICS Games will be present: Danil Lysenko, Ilya Ivanyuk (both high jump), Polina Knoroz, Timur Morgunov (both pole vault), Kristina Makarenko (100 m running), Sergey Shubenkov (110 ms/b ), Saveliy Savlukov (400 m), Emilia Tangara (400 ms/b), Elvira Khasanova (sport walking), Snezhana Trofimets (shot put), Valery Pronkin (hammer throw) and others.
— Is the season schedule as busy as last year?
— We have a lot of competitions, we have starting points. After the Athletics Week, competitions will be held in Tver, where pole vault and long jump will take place on the square. Then the Games and BRICS publicity will begin in Cheboksary on June 22, on the 29th in Bryansk, and the Russian Cup in early July. Juniors and youth have a busy schedule; two match meetings with Belarusian track and field athletes are planned.
— The composition of the team for the BRICS Games is combative.
— Yes, it was initially agreed that the list would be formed based on the results of the Russian team championship. The top three finishers in each event made the team and fourth place was a reserve. This was strictly observed,” Privalova told .
The BRICS Games will be held in Kazan from June 12 to 23.
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