(Edited on 17/8 16:02)
The Russian volleyball federation posted on Instagram about their 15 men roster to European championships. The roster included 11 of the 12 silver medalist from the Tokyo Olympics, Maxim Mikhailov will not participate in these championships. The new editions to the team includes: one middle blocker: Ilya Vlasov, two opposites Maxim Zhigalov, Kirill Klets and Evgeny Baranov.
Roster:
Setter:
Igor Kobzar
Pavel Pankov
Opposite:
Maxim Zhigalov
Victor Poletaev
Kirill Klets
Outside hitter:
Denis Bogdan
Dmitry Volkov
Egor Kliuka
Yaroslav Podlesnykh
Middle Blocker:
Artem Volvich
Ilia Vlasov
Ilyas Kurkaev
Ivan Iakovlev
Libero:
Evgeny Baranov
Valentin Golubev
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IVAN AND YAROS?
best players ???
That is 15 players, one of them won't be in the final list as the limit is 14 for the European Championships. Most probably one of opposites between Klets and Zhigalov will be out of the roster.
@Sherlock Thank you, I didn't release they included 15 people, I was like basically the “Olympics” Roster minus Mihkaylov. I really don't which one is going to EuroVolley, Klets is really tall but he doesn't seem to be as athletic as some of the Opposite. Zhigalov might just be the transition player for Russia, I think he is good but there are better option out there.
@JohnSuen Poletaev is injured so both Zhigalov and Klets are in.