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The Russian men's volleyball team continues to prepare for the World Championship starting on September 25 in the capital of Serbia and took part in the international tournament Belgrade Trophy 2010. The Russians' rivals were teams that would also have to fight for World Cup medals.
In the first meeting, Daniele Bagnoli's team won a strong-willed victory over the bronze medalist of the 2006 World Championship Bulgaria, coming back from a 0:2 score in games - 3:2 (23:25, 22:25, 25:21, 25:22, 15: 6). In the second match with Cuba, the opponents had to play a marathon set, which ultimately turned out to be decisive - 3:1 (25:19, 22:25, 25:17, 34:32). The Russians did not have an easy life in the final match of the tournament - they defeated Serbia 3:2 (25:22, 23:25, 25:17, 18:25, 15:11). Lokomotiv-Belogorye blocker Dmitry Musersky had an excellent game. He became the most productive on our team - 20 points (including six aces). The final position is as follows: Russia - 7 points (3 wins - 0 losses), Cuba - 5 (2--1), Bulgaria - 4 (1--2), Serbia - 2 (0--3) . All matches involving the hosts were shown on national television, and entry for spectators to the Hala Pionir Belgrade was free.
Things were much worse for the Russian women's youth team, which also competed in Serbia. Yesterday, the European Championship in the U-19 age category ended in the third largest city of the country, Nis. Our girls finished only seventh. This is the worst result in the entire history of Soviet and Russian teams at such tournaments. The exit to the semi-finals was prevented by a defeat from the Czech Republic at the end of the group stage - 1:3 (23:25, 23:25, 27:25, 12:25), and the consolation tournament for 5th-8th places began with a fiasco in the Russian team. meeting with Slovakia - 0:3 (18:25, 21:25, 14:25). Yesterday's victory over Slovenia helped sweeten the bitterness of total failure - 3:1 (25:17, 25:14, 19:25, 25:10). Italy and Serbia fought in the final late in the evening.
The athletes completed the season with dignity
The traditional international athletics tournament DecaNation took place in the French city of Annecy with the participation of teams from seven countries from Europe, America and Asia. They all fielded men's and women's teams to compete in ten disciplines. In the overall standings, the USA team won (133 points), Russia took second place (94), followed by Germany (91), France (88), Italy (70), Finland (51) and China (46). Despite the invitation of the organizers, Jamaica refused to participate.
In the Russian team, hammer thrower Tatyana Lysenko (72 m 95 cm), Elena Kofanova in the 800 m race (2 min. 00.50 sec.) and Tatyana Dektyareva in the 100 meter hurdles (12.50 sec.) won victories in their program events. 94). Let's celebrate the achievement of American hurdler David Oliver. He has already won 15 international starts in a row. This concludes the summer athletics season. The next major competition will be the European Indoor Championships, which will take place in March 2011 in Paris (France).