The senior women's national team have started training

The Russian senior women's national team have begun preparing for the upcoming Nations Cup, which will take place in Austria and Germany between the 4th and 7th of January. Head coach Alexei Chistyakov has chosen these following players:

Goalkeepers: Nadezhda Aleksandrova, Maria Sorokina, Nadezhda Morozova, Valeria Tarakanova.

Defenders: Alyona Andryuschenko, Maria Batalova, Angelina Goncharenko, Ekaterina Lobova, Anna Shibanova, Liana Ganeeva, Ekaterina Nikolaeva, Inna Dyubanyuk, Victoria Chmyrikova.

Forwards: Alevtina Shtaryova, Elena Dergachyova, Anna Shokhina, Olga Sosina, Galina Skiba, Lyudmila Belyakova, Fanuza Kadirova, Elena Podkamennaya, Ekaterina Smolentseva, Lidiya Malyavko, Evgeniya Dyupina, Ekaterina Lebedeva, Ekaterina Likhachyova, Maria Kokoshkina, Diana Kanaeva.

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