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Bronze medalist of the Beijing Olympics, Russian athlete Tatyana Chernova became second at the IAAF Challenge all-around stage in Ratingen, Germany, scoring 6386 points. The Russian woman lost 56 points to the winner of the competition, German Jennifer Oeser.
For the German athlete, this result was the best in her career. Chernova has improved her performance this season. Let us remind you that at the end of May in Getzis the Russian scored 6243 points. However, she has not yet reached her best personal result shown last year (6618 points).
Phelps is still unhappy with the results
American swimmer Michael Phelps showed the best result in the 100-meter freestyle at a tournament in Montreal, but was dissatisfied with his performance, France Press reports.
The result of the 14-time Olympic champion is 48.65 seconds, which is only 0.22 seconds. better than the time shown by his compatriot Matthew Targett. "I felt really good the first 50 meters, but I don't know what happened in the second fifty," Phelps said.
The swimmer added that he must now concentrate on preparing for the US Championships, which starts on July 7 in Indianapolis. “I have a couple of weeks to work on this, although I am happy with my swimming technique and the first half of the distance,” he noted.
Phelps clarified that he has not yet decided which disciplines he will compete in at the world championships, which will be held at the end of July in Rome, saying that at the moment he is worried about preparing for the national championships.
Ponkrashov returns to CSKA
Defender Anton Ponkrashov, after two seasons spent in Khimki on loan, will again play for CSKA, the official website of the army team reports. “I really wanted to return to CSKA,” said Ponkrashov. - First of all, because Evgeniy Pashutin became the head coach, under whose leadership I won the European Championship with the youth team. An interesting team is being created here, I’m curious to try myself in it, to help win, because there are no other tasks. It's flattering to be part of CSKA again. I think this time I’m much better prepared, gained experience and become smarter as a basketball player.”
Montenegrins won the World League
The Montenegro team won the World League, the final tournament of which was held in Podgorica. In the decisive match, the tournament hosts beat the Croats - 8:7. The Serbs took third place.
Let us remind you that the Russian team did not make it to the eight finalists of the World League.