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Russian Women Victorious at World Athletic Championships

Sara — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:02:20 +0000

The Russian runner Yekaterina Volkova was the winner of the women’s 3,000 meter steeplechase event Monday at the World Athletic Championships. She was the 2nd place finisher in 2005 and won this year with a time of nine minutes and 6.57 seconds – a new World Championships record.

Fellow Russian, Tatyana Petrova got second with a time of 9 minutes, 9.19 seconds while Eunice Jepkorir from Kenya finished third in 9 minutes, 20.09 seconds.

The current World record holder in the women’s 3,000 meter steeplechase, Russian Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, came in 7th with a time of nine minutes 30.24 seconds, well off her 2004 record setting mark of nine minutes, 1.59 seconds.

Not only is Volkova a world champion runner, she is also a dedicated Russian wife and mother. She sad she won the race for her son Daniel, who is three years old. She hopes to set the world record in the event soon.

It was just a couple of years ago that this event became an official one at the World Championships. The winner of the 2005 3000m steeplechase, Dorcus Inzkuru from Uganda, did not enter the event this year.

Russian Women Victorious at World Athletic Championships

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Russian Women’s Basketball Team Picks Up New Coach

Sara — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:43:10 +0000

Spartak Moscow women’s basketball team has a new American coach, the former women’s coach at LSU, Pokey Chatman. She will be moving to Moscow in October to begin her 6 month stay in Russia.

She will be coaching in a league that features many WNBA stars that come here in the off-season for more money than they make in the United States. One of her former players, Seimone Augustus, as well as University of Connecticut standouts Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird play and it was that talent level that helped Chatman make the decision to tough out the rough Russian winters to take on the job.

She left LSU after coaching the Lady Tigers to three straight Final Four appearances due to accusations that she had behaved improperly with former players. She has been made another offer recently from a US college, but feels the Spartak Moscow offer is her best opportunity right now to move on from the LSU situation. Spartak Moscow is owned by oligarch Shabtai von Kalmanovic. Chatman has not commented on the salary she will be making, but as the two former Huskies stars make between $500,000 and $3 million a year, it is safe to assume that she will be making more that the $400,000 a year LSU was paying her.

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Beautiful Russian Lady Tennis Star Plans to Visit Chernobyl

Sarah — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:08:18 +0000

The stunning and talented Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova is making plans to visit the Chernobyl region where her family is from in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Program sometime in the future. The 20 year old was conceived there and the nuclear disaster that devastated the region occurred while her mother was pregnant with her.

According to Sharapova, she was fortunate in that her family was able to escape the crisis by going to stay with family in Siberia. Others were not so lucky including her grandparents who still live in the area.

The trip is still in the planning stages and most likely will not happen until after Wimbledon next July. She plans to visit some of the facilities that are being built in the region right now – hospitals and computer labs for the children of Chernobyl.

She recently won her first tournament of the season in San Diego and was visited by a group of Russian girls and boys that had been brought over to visit the United States by The Children of Chernobyl, an agency that provides opportunities for young ones from the Belarus area that are able to travel.

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St. Petersburg Women and Men Play Ultimate Frisbee

admin — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:04:59 +0000

There’s a new sport in St. Petersburg that Russian women and men are playing together and it’s called Ultimate Frisbee. Ultimate, a sport that borrows from both soccer and American football and uses a Frisbee as the way to score, is a non-contact sport that provides a strenuous cardio workout. It attracts both men and women to play on co-ed 7 player teams in a friendly environment in cites like St Petersburg, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Velikv Novgorod.

The game is played in local parks in St. Petersburg. You’ll see teams with names like Dogma, JuPiter and Flying Steps and hear terms like layout, Huck and Hammer. Out of the almost 20 teams throughout Russia, 5 teams are in St. Petersburg. Those consist of four open teams that are mixed men and women and one women’s team. There are approximately 150 players in the city alone.

Competition takes the local teams on many a journey through Northwest Russia and the Baltic States as well as Europe to attend championships. The Russian Women’s team will be participating in England to compete in the European Championships.

The sport is comprised of participates of wide ranging athletic background, from the beginner to those that play two or three times a week. It’s the newest way to meet your peers and get fit at the same time.

St. Petersburg Women and Men Play Ultimate Frisbee

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Russian Woman Tennis Star May Have Surgery

admin — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:24:29 +0000

The beautiful Russian woman tennis star, Maria Sharapova may end up in a surgical gown instead of a tennis dress if her shoulder injury does not improve. Not only has the injury kept her from participating in part of the tour this year, it has also kept her from a Fed Cup debut in the United States this weekend as well as affected her play all season long.

She was scheduled to get some scans in London and will discuss the decision with her family and coach. She has been working on her upper body strength and says the injury is getting better, but was beaten at Wimbledon 6-1, 6-3 by eventual champion Venus Williams, her earliest exit from the tournament since the first time she played in it in 2003. If she does not have surgery, taking a break from the Fed Cup would help her recover and prepare to defend her U.S. Open title.

Sharapova is taking the injury in stride, while it is disappointing, she still is confident that it will not disrupt her career. Having won two grand slam titles and having been ranked number 1 in the world, she feels that she has many years of good tennis as well as some more titles in her.

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Russian Women and Men Celebrate Russian 2014 Winter Olympic Victory

admin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:44:04 +0000

The International Olympic Committee voted to award the 2014 Winter Olympics to the Russian resort city of Sochi. The delegates in Guatemala City burst out in cheers, waving flags and celebrating while those in Sochi cried and hugged in the main square when the results were announced.

Sochi, located in the Black Sea area defeated Pyeongchang South Korea in a final vote of 51- 47. Russia is a Winter Olympic power, wining close to 300 Winter Games medals, but has never hosted the Games. That could have played to Russia’s favor with the committee, as they like to spread around hosting opportunities to new host countries.

President Putin went as far as to travel to Guatemala to make the final formal presentation in English and to lobby for votes to help secure the victory. The award has made many Russian women and men proud and some feel the opportunity to host the Olympics will lead to more democratic openness for the country as a whole.

Putin promised that the Olympic village in Sochi will be completed in time for the events and that participants will only have to walk five minutes to their venues.

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Russian Women Tennis Players Advance in French Open

admin — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:59:48 +0000

Russian woman tennis player, Maria Sharapova made it past her fourth round match yesterday, but not without a battle. Her match with the Swiss player, Patty Schnyder went to two match points with a final score of 3-6, 6-4 and 9-7 in a 2 hour and 37 minute match up that looked like it would go either way until the end.

Sharapova, the former Wimbledon champ, usually plays better on faster surfaces and did not feel comfortable on the clay courts of Roland Garros. She will now meet Anna Chakyetdaze, one of many talented Russian women tennis players, for a spot in the final four.

Sharapova has suffered from many injuries this year and said that she was affected by a sore shoulder at this match. She had a number of unforced errors and problems with her serve, but stuck it out until she was able to come through and win in the end.

The match was not without controversy as Schnyder took issue with a non-call she felt should been called to her benefit. Sharapova remained unmoved while her opponent argued with the refs which did not win her points with the crowd.

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Russian Women and Men Tennis Players Fire Up for French Open

admin — Fri, 25 May 2007 03:53:29 +0000

It’s almost time for the French Open; a tournament that has elevated the careers of quite a few Russian tennis players. In 1996 Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the French open and became the first Russian Grand Slam titlist. Eight years later, in 2004, two Russian women players battled it out in the finals with Anastasia Myskina defeating fellow Russian Yelena Dementyeva to become the first Russian woman Grand Slam winner.

While both Myskina and Dementyeva will not be competing this year there are others in the wings ready to take on the challenge of carrying the Russian torch, with the number two ranked player in the world, Maria Sharapova leading the way. She will be joined by Svetlana Kuznetsova who is ranked third in the world. Other Russian women in the tournament are Nadia Petrova, Dinara Safina and Anna Chakvetadze. Not only are the women talented, they are also beautiful Russian ladies.

The Russian men have not had as much success as the women lately in Paris, but Nikolai Davydenko (#3 world ranking) made the quarterfinals last year and is hoping for a strong showing this year. Igor Andreyev, one of the last people to beat the favorite Rafael Nadal on clay, could make a strong showing along with Mikhail Youzhny. You can’t overlook Marat Safin either; he’s still very capable of an upset.

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Russian Women and Men Are Gliding Through the Skies

admin — Wed, 16 May 2007 03:59:21 +0000

Paragliding is taking off among Russian’s according to the Joint Federation of Light Aviation of Russia, or SLA. The SLA, which is a privately funded sky sport association for aircraft that weigh less than 495 kilograms, says there are between 3,000 and 4,000 Russians that are involved in sky sports and 300 or so clubs across the country. The participants include paragliders, hang gliders, ultralight gliders and amphibian aircraft.

The association also tries to prevent regional authorities from selling off the plots that are used to launch the flyers, of which there are 50 such sites. In addition, the SLA issues guidelines on safe flying and also sets up competitions.

If you are interested in learning a specific sky sport there are schools that teach them. They use SLA standards as guidelines for certificate requirements, but Russia does not have unified rules for air sports at this time. The courses can be pricy.

You can take the Cross Country beginners’ program which includes exams, theory and 39 flights for 350 Euros or $474. The same type of course at Vector costs 14,000 rubles or $542.

The Moscow Aviation Institute (State University of Aerospace Technology) has yearlong basic, graduate and postgraduate courses that cost the ruble equivalent of 1,600, 3,600 and 500 Euros.

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Russians are Undefeated in World Hockey Championships

admin — Sat, 05 May 2007 21:18:22 +0000

Russia is off to a strong start in the Ice Hockey World Championships currently being held in Moscow much to the joy of Russian women and men hockey fans.

In preliminary round matches the Russians rolled over Denmark 9-1 and Ukraine 8-1 before being tested in a tough match against Finland. In that match, Russia took a 4-1 lead into the third quarter of the game only to have the Fins come back and rally to pull within one goal before Petr Schastlivyy scored halfway through the third quarter to give the Russians a 5-3 lead. Finland managed to score one more goal but they were unable to close the gap, giving the Russians the victory.

The Russians then defeated Italy by a score of 3-0 to move into the championship playoffs in their qualifying Group E match. They had a tough start though as Italian goalie Jason Muzzatti was in complete control of Italy’s net. Ilya Kovalchuk scored the open goal for the Russians at the 34 minute mark giving his team a 1-0 lead and they never looked back.

The Russians continue to try to bring home the World Championship with a match against Switzerland on Sunday. Russia is currently second in the Group E rankings behind Sweden.

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World Ice Hockey Championships in Moscow This Year

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:11:18 +0000

The World Ice Hockey Championships will be held in Moscow from April 27^th through May 13^th. The top sixteen teams in the world will meet at the Khodynka Ice Palace and the Mytischi arena just north of the city.

It has been 14 years since the Russian national team last won, a bitter pill for Russian women and men who had been accustomed to the dominance of the Soviet Union era teams. This year the Czech Republic, Sweden and Canada are the favorites, but Russia, Finland, Slovakia and the United States all stand a chance at winning.

Times have changed since the days of the Soviet Union. Now that most of the best talent in the country is free to play in the NHL, the Russian National team is no longer able to practice and play together year round. In addition, many Russian stars are playing on teams that are in the Stanley Cup playoffs so they are not available. And then there are the players that where the jerseys of other countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union – Latvia, Belarus and the Ukraine.

Russian coach Vyacheslay Bykov has a lot of pressure to perform and win with the games being held locally. The fans are tired of excuses.

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Russian Pole Vaulter Named Sportswoman of the Year

admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:43:16 +0000

The record-breaking Russian woman pole vaulter Yelena Isunbaveva has been named the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year. She just set her 20^th pole vault world record indoors last February with a 4.91m jump in Donetsk.

She won a gold medal in Gothenburg at the European Championships where she set a Championship record of 4.80m. She had attempted to set a new world record of 5.02m but was not successful. She finished off her season by winning the World Cup in Athens.

Isunbaveva’s only loss this year was in the Super Grand Prix in Stockholm where she was bested by Monika Pyrek from Poland. This was her third nomination for the award and the Olympic champion was quoted as being thrilled to finally win, stating that “Winning it was always a dream of mine and now this dream has come true.”

Other winners include tennis player Roger Federer who was named the sportsman of the year for the third year in a row, tennis player Serena Williams for comeback of the year and tennis player Amelie Mauresmo won the breakthrough of the year award for winning both the Australian Open and Wimbledon last year.

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Russian Women and Men Swimmers Off to Great Start at World Championships

admin — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:04:32 +0000

The Russians are on a roll in Melbourne at the world swimming championships, especially in the synchronized swimmers have won gold in six out of seven events. Overall Russia has the most medals in the competition so far with 15 total, nine of those being gold.

Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakove teamed up to win the duet free in synchronized swimming Friday evening with a score of 99.333 points. The Russian ladies also claimed victory in the tem free event. The French swimmer Virginie Dedieu won her third world solo title in a row preventing a sweep by the Russians.

In men’s diving, Dmitry Sautin got seven perfect 10s from the judges on his next to last dive, which was a reverse 2 1/2 somersault from the pike position. It was not enough to beat Qin Kai of China however. Sautin, a two time champion himself was only able to earn a bronze medal this time around.

In women’s diving there was some judging controversy with the Russian women. In the 1 m springboard Irina Lashko was fifth and Yuliva Pakalina took the bronze, but they both felt that the judging was very poor and spoke out strongly about it.

Russian Women and Men Swimmers Off to Great Start at World Championships

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Russians Get to Watch Football Without Satellite Dish

admin — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:41:50 +0000

Russian football fans will be able to watch their favorite sport on television without having to buy a satellite dish. NTV Plus and the Russian Premier Football League have come to an agreement in which the RTR-Sport channel will carry part of the games on regular TV for no charge.

RTR is being awarded a sublicense to show 3-4 games from each round, two of them will be broadcast live. This means NTV will lose the exclusivity, but officials feel that the strategy will pay off after attracting 300,000 new subscribers. NTV expects to reach that goal in the 2 ^nd year of its 4 year contract.

Originally NTV was going to air 210 of the 240 Premier League matches on a pay channel for 299 rubles a month. President Putin was told of the developments and stepped in to save the day for Russia football fans. He strongly criticized Russian football officials for the satellite TV arrangements and asked the first Deputy Prime Minister to look into the situation and see what could be worked out. After a meeting with the involved parties in the Black Sea resort of Anapa, a revised decision was announced preserving the free broadcasts of some of the league matches, including the championships.

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Beautiful Russian Lady Tennis Star Prepared to Defend Title

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:08:42 +0000

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova is on route to defending her title at the Pacific Life Open and her number one ranking despite suffering a hamstring injury more than 4 weeks ago. She was forced to sit out in the second set of her Pan Pacific Open semifinal match against Serbian Ana Ivanovic last month because of the injury.

After an initial slow recovery, she says the injury got better and she was able to fully train for 10-12 days prior to this competition. She initially experienced some problems with a tight hamstring against Serena Williams in the Australian Open but is certain that the serious damage occured in Tokyo when she landed awkwardly after a serve.

Sharapova has a bye into the second round and defeated Michaella Krajicek 7-6 (5), 6-4 to move on to the next round. She continued her successful defense of her title by beating Nathalie Dechy of France 7-5, 6-2.

Maria’s next match is the fourth round against fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva. If she wins that match she will face a difficult test against up and coming Serbian, Jelena Jankovic.

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Russian Ladies Take to the Skies on Women’s Day

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:52:52 +0000

One of the more interesting events celebrating International Women’s Day in Russia on Thursday was an air show featuring amateur women pilots. Hosted by the Helicopter Industry Association and Sky Vision aviation club, the air show was the first ever national show dedicated to female pilots.

The show featured helicopters, planes and parachutists flying of Stupino Aerodrome just south of Moscow. Members of the Women Aviators club spoke about their experiences as pilots and encouraged women to learn to fly if they were interested, especially since there are no longer any restrictions against women studying flight at the academies as there were in the past.

There were also commemorative awards presented to female veterans from the Soviet Air Force that served during World War II. Stalin ordered the all-women regiments to be formed as a shortage of men was hampering the war effort. The veterans told stories of their flying adventures during the war and spoke of the respect they had earned from their male peers.

One problem with learning to fly now is the cost – in the Soviet days, flight lessons were subsidized. Now it costs much more money, which is limiting the number of female pilots and amateur flying clubs. Still, many participants in Thursday’s event are optimistic about the future of Russian women pilots and hopefully flying in the military and as commercial pilots.

Russian Ladies Take to the Skies on Women’s Day

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Russian Women Athletes Finding Success In Recent Japanese Sporting Events

admin — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:25:59 +0000

Russian women marathon runners Lilia Shobukhova, Galina Bogomolova, Lidia Grigoryeva, Maria Konovalova, Inga Abitova and Olesya Syreva won their second straight Yokohama international women’s road relay race this past weekend.

Shobukhova ran the opening section, took the lead and Russian never looked back on their way to victory. She set a new course record in the first five-kilometer section, running it in 14:45. The Russian team finished the race in 2:14:28. Bogomolova, who was the runner-up in the 2006 New York marathon, set a new course record in the 10km second section, finishing in 31:08.

The United States team finished second in 2:16:04 and were followed by Japan in third at 2:16:07. Russia has won the race 9 times since winning the inaugural race in 1983.

In skiing action, Olga Savialova from Russia was the winner in the women’s 15-kilometer cross-country pursuit Sunday in Sapporo at the Nordic World Ski Championships.

She won the event in 41 minutes and 27.5 seconds to win the first gold for Russia in the meet. She was in fourth place after the classical section of the competition but moved up to take the lead during the freestyle portion.

The silver medalist from the Turin Olympics, Katerina Neumannova, finished .5 seconds back to finish second.

It seems that not only do Russian women make beautiful Russian brides, they also are world class competitive athletes.

Russian Women Athletes Finding Success In Recent Japanese Sporting Events

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President Putin Goes Skiing In Sochi To Promote Bid To Host Olympics

admin — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:51:52 +0000

Russian President Vladimir Putin put on a pair of skis and hit the slopes in Sochi to try to help the Russian city in its bid to host the 2014 Winter Games. He was visiting the Psekhako Ridge ski area which is a newly developed winter facility that would host the snow sports events. It is located in the Krasnaya Polyana region.

Sochi is a resort city that is nestled between the Black Sea and Snowcapped mountains and is visited by many beautiful single Russian women and athletic Russian men who enjoy winter sports.

Putin, all decked out in outdoor ski gear, spoke to journalists and skied with a group of children. He freely discussed issues of concern surrounding the bid, like visa issues and environmental concerns.

Not only was Putin in town, but the International Olympic Committee inspectors were also there to evaluate the bid Sochi has put in. The members had meetings with both federal and local officials, along with Putin at an evening reception.

The region has stiff competition from Salzburg, Austria as well as Pyeongchang, South Korea. On July 4th the IOC will announce the results of their decision and Russian hopes it will get the opportunity to host its first winter games.

President Putin Goes Skiing In Sochi To Promote Bid To Host Olympics

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Beautiful Russian Female Tennis Star Sharapova Named UN Ambassador

admin — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:27:30 +0000

The United Nations Development Program has named Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova to be a goodwill ambassador. Immediately following the announcement Sharapova made a $100,000 donation towards the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and said that her work would focus on helping that area continue to recover from the tragic 1986 nuclear accident.

Sharapova’s parents lived in Gomel in Belarus which is 128 kilometers north of Chernobyl and left the area shortly before her birth in April of 1987 because of fears the the radiation would affect their unborn child. Gomel was an area most affected by the radiation. Some of Sharapova’s family still live in the area, including her grandmother.

The UNDP likes having Sharapova as a role model for young people because of her healthy and responsible lifestyle. Her donation will go to eight development projects that are targeting young people that have been affected by the the nuclear accident in rural communities in the Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

Sharapova signed a two year contract with the UNDP under which she will earn a salary of $1 per year – a symbolic gesture which she called “her proudest contract ever.” She plans on extending her work to other areas of the world that are impoverished and has a strong interest in Africa.

Beautiful Russian Female Tennis Star Sharapova Named UN Ambassador

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Soccer Team Faces Distractions Going Into Netherlands Friendly

admin — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:23:29 +0000

The Russian soccer coach Guus Hiddink and the Russian players may have some other things on their minds while preparing for their friendly match against the Dutch.

The timing of the match itself is not good, as the Russian season does not start until March 10th and the players have just started their pre-season fitness preparations. Other players have UEFA Cup action on their minds. In addition, 9 of the players in the Russian squad have from one of the two UEFA Cup contenders. Both of those clubs played recently at the First Channel Cup in Israel, but the Russian coaching staff were not there to watch their form.

Some thought that up and coming player Aleksandr Kerzhakov’s move to the Sevilla FC would have been enough to give him a chance to crack the national team, but the coach is sticking to the veteran players for this match.

Hiddink is also on trial in the Netherlands for tax evasion for claiming he lives in Belgium to avoid paying Dutch taxes. A verdict is to be determined by February 27th, but in the meantime, some see the issue as one that could be preoccupying the coach’s thoughts.

Soccer Team Faces Distractions Going Into Netherlands Friendly