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The World Open Water Swimming Championships continue in Roberval, Canada. Russian swimmers took two prizes in the Olympic 10 km distance. Evgeny Dratsev finished second, losing 1.3 seconds to the winner, Italian Valerio Clery. The bronze medalist was Vladimir Dyatchin, losing to his compatriot by 1.4 seconds. The most titled marathon swimmer, multiple world champion, German Thomas Lurz, failed to get into the medals, showing only the sixth result.
A day earlier, girls competed for awards at a similar distance of 10 km. The 2008 Olympic champion, Russian Larisa Ilchenko, did not reach the finish line this time - she dropped out of the race. In the absence of the main contender for gold at the finish line, the first two places were taken by Italians. Grimaldi became the world champion, showing the best result in the swim. She completed the Olympic distance in 2 hours 5 minutes. 45.2 sec. Her compatriot Consiglio was 12.4 seconds behind. Chinese Fan Yanqiao rounded out the top three.
Another Russian woman, Ekaterina Seliverstova, showed the 15th result - 2 hours 6 minutes. 44.2 sec. Let us remind you that at the World Championships the Russian team can field two athletes at each of three distances - 5, 10 and 25 km.
Ozil did not renew his contract with Werder Bremen
Germany national team midfielder Mesut Ozil has not signed a new contract with Werder Bremen, although the 21-year-old midfielder's current agreement with the team runs until the summer of 2011. “During our discussions, we did not find a solution that suits both sides. This is not a drama, it happens sometimes,” said the club’s sporting director Klaus Allofs. As a result, Werder risks parting with the player for free in a year, which can be avoided by selling him during the summer restocking period.
Several leading clubs in England and Spain showed interest in Ozil. According to AS, the leaders of Real Madrid met with the German’s agents in Spain. True, the German team does not confirm this fact.
Moiseev was left without a reward in Debrecen
Two-time Olympic champion, two-time winner of continental championships, Russian Andrei Moiseev was left without a medal at the 2010 European Championships in modern pentathlon, which ended in Debrecen, Hungary.
Moiseev was confidently in the lead in the sum of two types of programs - fencing and swimming, in each of which he was second. He performed successfully in show jumping, where he became a quadruple, but in the shooting race he showed only 32nd result, which dropped him to the final fifth place. Moiseev finished with 5708 points, and the Czech Davil Svoboda became the European champion with 5812 points. The second place was taken by the British Samuel Wiley (5776), and the bronze by the German Stefan Kollner (5732).
By the way, this is Kollner’s second award at this championship. Earlier, the German trio of Kollner, Delf Bormann and Steffen Gebhardt won the team tournament, ahead of their closest pursuers from the Czech Republic and Lithuania. Russians Ilya Frolov, Sergey Karyakin and Pavel Sekretov took seventh place. Gold in the women's team competition also went to the Germans Lena Schöneborn, Eva Trautmann and Annika Schleu. The top three winners included Hungarians and Britons. Russians Evdokia Grechishnikova, Polina Struchkova and Ekaterina Khuraskina finished fourth.
Bukharov moved to Zenit
Rubin Kazan officially confirmed the transfer of forward Alexander Bukharov to Zenit St. Petersburg. The total amount of Bukharov’s transfer, according to preliminary data, amounted to more than 15 million euros. The St. Petersburg club showed interest in the player back in March, but then the Rubin management denied this information.
Kuzyutkin took 17 volleyball players to the training camp
Last weekend, the Russian women's volleyball team began training in Moscow, and on Tuesday coach Vladimir Kuzyutkin's charges will go to a training camp in Rzeszow, Poland, where they will stay until August 15.
The coaching staff takes 17 athletes with them. Compared to the recent Yeltsin Cup, there are several changes in the team composition. Central blocker Regina Moroz will not go to Poland. Diagonal forward Olga Fateeva is undergoing treatment these days in Zurich, Switzerland and will join the team on July 30. Forward Lesya Makhno has started training, as well as libero Ekaterina Kabeshova, who recently underwent knee surgery.
Team composition: passers Evgenia Startseva (Avtodor-Metar), Irina Uraleva (Proton); blockers Maria Borisenko (Dynamo Kazan), Yulia Merkulova, Maria Perepelkina (both Dynamo Moscow), Elena Murtazaeva (Dynamo Krasnodar), Ekaterina Bogacheva (Zarechye-Odintsovo); forwards Ekaterina Gamova, Tatyana Kosheleva (both Dynamo Kazan), Olga Fateeva (Perugia, Italy), Ksenia Naumova (Zarechye-Odintsovo), Natalya Goncharova, Lesya Makhno (both Dynamo Moscow) , Lyudmila Malofeeva (“Omichka”); libero Svetlana Kryuchkova (Dynamo Moscow), Ekaterina Kabeshova (Dynamo Kazan), Daria Vekshina (Omichka).
Yoo Na Kim will miss the Grand Prix stages
Olympic champion of the Vancouver Games, Korean figure skater Yu Na Kim, will skip the stages of the Grand Prix series to focus on preparing for this season's world championship. Also, the athlete will not compete at the Asian Games, which will be held in Kazakhstan in January.