Posts by Ksyusha

    I don't think Smarzek is a bad player. There are some players that they should be given a chance in different positions. I think of Smarzek...differently. In that game, as non-receiving OH, Smarzek could have contributed more to the team imo. Ofc, I am changing Stysiak's position (receiving OPP even though Poland mainly uses two receiving line) in my mind rn. Sometimes you need to change the system of the team bcz the same system won't work against every rival, esp. against Guidetti who possesses a highly developed mind. This is my two cents.

    Is there a punishment for the clubs if they travel to Sakhalin (or any other far away place) with youth team? I checked the stats last week and if I am not wrong many teams sent their squads to Sakhalin this season.

    Yeah, The Russian Volleyball Federation fined Kaliningrad Lokomotiv 100 thousand rubles for sending their youth team to Sakhalin but I don't think this will harm their budget.


    https://rsport.ria.ru/20200226/1565244093.html

    Kosheleva is still a big question mark for me.

    Honestly, the biggest question mark is Voronkova for me. Even Kosheleva, who recently joined the team, has taken Voronkova's spot. I can't say that Voronkova contributed more than Kosheleva. It will be better if Voronkova loses some weight because she has some difficulty in jumping.


    Parubets and Lazareva's arms are long and this is an advantage for them to attack well. Lazareva can become a good player if she improves her skills.


    The second question mark is the setter for me. I oft ask myself which setter is better but unfortunately I have no answer this question so far.

    Also, not sure if Malova is performing well in Kazan or if she is still the best libero in Russia at the moment.

    I think she is still performing well so far. Yes, definitely she is the best libero in Russia at the moment imo. Neither Galkina nor Pilipenko's performance is close to her performance.

    I haven't watched Moscow a lot this year, but has Carlini been that bad that she has to be replaced by Babeshina?

    Babeshina is one of the best setters of Russia, olympic silver medalist and Carlini has to be as good as Maja Ognjenovic if she doesn't want to sit on the bench. Otherwise, Babeshina would not be replaced by her.

    The German national team defeated Russia in the European championship. I am not surprised with today's result. Lipmann is doing great job in China. Orthmann is helping her in attack is something which I expected it from last year. Hope they will keep this level until the end of the tournament. Congrats Deutschland 👏

    Lamar Odom (Basketball Player) wrote a book and admitted that he cheated in a drug test before the 2004 Olympics by giving his trainer's urine sample instead of his.


    Hard to believe that nobody did not notice anything . Or they did but simply let him get away?....We would be foolish not to think there's been many many more cases like that.


    The only reason he revealed that is because USA did not win Gold in 2004. Had they won of course he would have not said anything. And he's retired, so that won't affect anything anymore.

    let's be reasonable, Neither Russia nor America is innocent. We all don't know their government support or not. Even if they support we will never know that. I don't care about Russia and America, and their politic relationships, what I care is that athletes who are 100% clean, no one has right to steal their olympic dream. Fetisova's interview really touched me, they should not upset our beautiful queen.

    Ekaterina Gamova (instagram account): "It is impossible to make and understand such a decision. My opinion was, is and will be one - pure athletes should not suffer for everything and everyone! This is some kind of sacrilege to punish the innocent, knowing for sure that they are not guilty. I was very happy that this at least does not apply to youth teams. I could not even imagine how we would explain all this to our children. Do we have a problem? There is! To change something on a global scale, we can start with ourselves. Start with yourself to make the world a better place around you. It doesn’t fit in my head how nasty things can be written and insulted people in social networks. They are now the worst of all. No need to shout that if the flag is neutral, then you don’t need to participate. Our athletes are known and loved all over the world, no matter what form they wear, everyone will know and remember that they are from Russia. I want to say thanks to all my colleagues and fans from other countries who are supporting us at this difficult time. All peace and love! We will believe in the best."

    Natalia Goncharova (interview): "In many countries there are athletes who have passed positive doping tests, but for this they do not completely punish the whole country and all athletes. If the athlete is clean, he/she must participate in the Olympic Games. If an athlete is caught in doping, he/she is disqualified and does not participate. It's simple, you can’t remove the whole country. It is unpleasant that the Russian team can be suspended for four years from the Olympic Games and generally from international tournaments. This is unfair, especially with regard to volleyball. We are all clean. There was not a single case in our volleyball, because of which we could not be allowed. I think that everything will end well, and we will go to the Olympics in a good mood. I hope that we will nevertheless perform under the Russian flag, for us this is very important. But if there is a neutral flag, all the same, everyone will know that we are the Russian team, our country will root for us. Everyone will understand that we are Russia. I want that this time there would be no repetition of the last Olympics in Rio, when there was half a month left before departure, and it was not clear whether we were going or not. I would like they make a decision in our favor as soon as possible and that everyone calmly prepare for the Olympics. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo, we want to compete for medals, this is very important for our country. We will try to do our best. "

    TOP-5 beautiful volleyball players of Russia, according to the Yandex channel.



    1) Natalia Goncharova



    2) Ekaterina Pipunyrova



    3) Ekaterina Efimova



    4) Valeriya Zaytseva



    5) Valeriya Safonova


    Irina Fetisova (interview): “I want to tell the WADA executive committee that they do not summarize all the athletes in one group. We have deservedly been selected for the Olympic Games and we want to go there. Every athlete’s dream is to get to the Olympics. If the Russian team is not allowed, it will be unfair. I’m sure that most Russian athletes don’t take doping. Why should we suffer? Come at least for every volleyball match, take doping samples from us, we are clean. I have never taken dope, and it’s strange for me that anyone takes dope. This situation makes me upset. For us, of course, it is important to appear under the Russian flag. But if you have to go to the Olympics without a flag, then let it be so. "

    1.Minchanka vs Enisei 3-2 (18:25, 25:20, 23:25, 25:21, 15:9)

    Dumcheva 23 (50%), Drpa 20 (38%), Sokolchik 18 (40%)


    2.Uralochka vs  D.Kazan 3-0 (25:20, 25:21, 25:22)

    Parubets 23 (53%), Fabris 18 (44%), Anisova 16 (54%)


    3.D.Moscow vs  Lokomotiv 0-3 (22:25, 24:26, 22:25)

    Cleger 19 (42%), Goncharova 15 (24%), Havelkova 14 (42%)


    4.Zarechie vs D.Metar 0-3 (22:25, 20:25, 21:25)

    Russu 23 (44%), Smirnova 18 (42%), Markevich 16 (54%)


    5.Proton vs D.Krasnodar 3-1 (21:25, 25:23, 25:20, 29:27)

    Martynyuk 30 (57%), Simonenko 21 (58%), Sperskaite 21 (53%)


    6.Leningradka vs Sakhalin 1-3 (12:25, 27:25, 26:28, 22:25)

    Garelik 23 (40%), Frolova 17 (48%), Malygina 15 (42%)



    standings

    1.Lokomotiv 4-1 (13)

    2.Uralochka 4-1 (13)

    3.Sakhalin 4-1 (10)

    4.Proton 4-1 (10)

    5.D.Kazan 3-2 (9)

    6.Zarechie 3-2 (8)

    7.Leningradka 2-3 (5)

    8.Minchanka 2-3 (5)

    9.D.Moscow 1-4 (5)

    10.Enisei 1-4 (4)

    11.D.Metar 1-4 (4)

    12.D.Krasnodar 1-4 (4)