The senior Russian women's national team are preparing for the 2018 Olympic Games

In Khabarovsk, the senior Russian women's national team are continuing to prepare for the 2018 Olympic Games. 

Today, the players trained in these following lines:

Alexandrova, Morozova, Tarakanova, Merkusheva;

Ganeeva, Batalova - Pavlova, Belyakova, Sosina;

Pirogova, Goncharenko - Shtaryova, Dergachyova, Shokhina;

Chistyakova, Lobova - Smolina, Dyupina, Kadirova;

Nikolaeva, Tkachyova - Starovoytova, Kanaeva, Kulishova, Likhachyova.

Russia W head coach Alexei Chistyakov:

- We are satisfied with how this training camp is unfurling. The team has been presented with all of the required facilities to train well. There is a training rink with an excellent quality of ice and comfortable dressing rooms, all sessions take place at a good time for us. We are staying in a great hotel just outside of the city. Khabarovsk isn't far away from PyeongChang, here there is a seven hour difference with Moscow, while in South Korea the time difference is six hours. Yesterday, we gave the players a day off before resuming training today. Tomorrow, there will be a match against a men's team which has players born in 2003. All of our players are working hard.

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