Nikolay Ivanov for IAAF
15 June 2001 - The Russian selection is based on results from the first competitions of the season, but as the focus remains on the World Championships in August, this is the reason why Olga Yegorova will run the 1500m, as it is too early for her to participate at longer distances.
“We do not want to take any risks at the Cup,” said head coach of the team, Valeriy Kulichenko. “The women’s team are nevertheless aiming for the first place and the men will be trying for a positioning between 3rd and 5th.
Some athletes preferred to miss the European Cup, as they have different schedules in preparing for Edmonton, including middle distance runner Viacheslav Shabunin. Borzakovskiy, Yelesina, Peleshenko and Kuzenkova also have other plans. Borzakovskiy, for example, is set to run the 400m at the European Junior championships. His coach is keeping quiet about the young athlete’s 2001 season, and did not explain their tactics, however Borzakovskiy will compete at five Golden League meetings.
Men: 100m Sergey Bychkov. 200m Aleksandr Riabov. 400m Dmitriy Golovastov. 80 m Dmitriy Bogdanov. 150 m Andrey Zadorozhniy. 300 m Dmitriy Drygin. 5000m Dmitriy Maksimov. 110 m/h Yevgeniy Pechenkin. 400 m/h Boris Gorban. 3000 m steeple Roman Usov. 4x100 m Sergey Bychkov, Valeriy Kirdiashev, Sergey Kononiuk, Aleksandr Riabov Aleksandr Smirnov. 4x400 m Dmitriy Golovastov, Andrey Semenov, Vitaliy Ignatov, Ruslan Maschenko . High jump Yaroslav Rybakov. Pole vault Vasiliy Gorshkov. Long jump Daniil Burkenya. Triple jump Andrey Kurennoy. Shot put Pavel Chumachenko. Discus throw Dmitriy Shevchenko. Hammer throw Andrey Yevgeniev. Javelin throw Sergey Makarov.
Women: 100 m Marina Kislova. 200 m Svetlana Goncharenko. 400 m Natalya Antyuh. 800 m Irina Mistyukevitch 1500 m Olga Yegorova. 3000 Yelena Zadorozhnaya 5000 m Yekaterina Volkova.100 m/h Irina Korotya. 400 m/h, Yuliya Nosova, 4x100 m Natalya Ignatova, Irina Khabarova , Oksana Ekk, Natalya Voronova, Marina Kislova, . 4x400 m Olga Maksimova, Yuliya Nosova, Natalya Hruscheleva, Natalya Antyuh, Irina Onashkina. High Jump Yelena Kaliturina. Pole vault Svetlana Feofanova. Long jump Olga Rubleva. Triple jump Tatiana Lebedeva, Shot put Irina Korzhanenko. Discus throw Natalya, Sadova . Hammer throw Alla Davydova. Javelin throw Tatiana Shikolenko.
