Volleyball player Ekaterina Gamow completed a career before the Olympics – RBC

Volleyball player Ekaterina Gamow completed a career before the Olympic Games

Volleyball player of team Russia and Kazan “Dynamo” Catherine Gamow in the air ” TV game “announced the end to his sports career.

As part of the Russian national team Gamow twice became world champion, twice won silver medals at the Olympics and twice won the European championships.

« I would would like to thank all the fans, coaches who participated in the development of me as an athlete, my family has always supported me, and to announce his retirement », –

Gamow said As part of” Uralochka “, Moscow and. Kazan “Dynamo” Gamow 11 times won the Russian championships. In the season 2013/2014, playing for the club from Kazan, 35-year-old volleyball player won the Champions League.

At the end of April, two-time world champion in volleyball Lyubov Sokolova refused performances for the Russian national team at the Olympic Games in Rio Rio de Janeiro . Previously, she announced the completion of a club career. This All-Russian Volleyball Federation ( IEF) hopes that the athlete will change your mind about playing for the Russian national team.

 

«Lyubov Sokolova refused to play for the Russian national team at the Olympics. But we continue to conduct negotiations with it and hope that it will change its decision. She – the greatest player. She had serious health problems, and play poorly, it can not. Maybe now Sokolova rest, receive medical treatment, and we will return to this subject. She passes a medical examination of the national team, but it remains in contact with the coaching staff of the national team of Russia “, – said the curator of the women’s team Vladislav Fadeev IEF

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Sokolov twice became the champion of Russia ( as part of Yekaterinburg “Uralochka” and the Moscow Region “Districts Odintsovo” ), won championships in Turkey, Italy and Spain, and was the winner of the Champions League as part of the Italian “Bergamo” and Turkish

«Fenerbahce».

The team of Russia Sokolova debuted at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. As part of a national double team won the world championships ( 2006, 2010) and Europe ( 1999, 2001) and twice became the silver medalist of the Olympic games ( in 2000 in Sydney and 2004 in Athens).

The last club Sokolova was the Krasnodar “Dynamo” for which she performed in 2013. As part of the club’s 38-year-old volleyball player twice in a row won in the Cup of European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV) and won bronze medals in the championship of Russia of the current season.

at the last Olympic Games in London in 2012. Russia women’s national volleyball team led by Sergei Ovchinnikov leadership acted badly, losing in the quarterfinals of the Brazilian ( 2-3). To participate in the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio Rio de Janeiro command after claiming victory in January in the European qualifying tournament, which was held in Turkey. The Russians have the final in four sets beat the Dutch team ( 3-1).