Summer Olympic Games, Beijing 2008.

Kostetskaya, Alminova, and Pryima will replace the disqualified female athletes

Ekaterina Kostetskaya, Anna Alminova, and Elena Pryima will replace the five female athletes who were disqualified due to doping test issues in the Russian athletics team for the Olympics in Beijing, reports the agency "Ves Sport".

In the 800m race, Ekaterina Kostetskaya, who was previously a reserve, will join Tatiana Andriyanova and Svetlana Klyuka, replacing Elena Sobolev, who had the best result of the season in the world and was disqualified.

In the 1500m race, Anna Alminova, who finished fourth at the Russian Championships and also had reserve status, will compete instead of Tatiana Tomashova, Elena Sobolev, and Yulia Fomenko.
Anna Pryima will replace Gulфия Khanafeeva, the Russian champion in hammer throw, at the Games in Beijing.

After Darya Pishchalnikova's disqualification in discus throw, the Russian team will be represented by only two athletes – Natalia Sadova and Svetlana Saikina.

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The composition of the Russian team for kayaking and canoeing has been announced

The presidium of the Russian kayaking and canoeing federation has determined the composition of the national team for the Olympic Games in Beijing.

- The presidium decided that only the winners of the Russian Championship, which took place from July 3 to 6 in Krylatskoye, will go to Beijing, - quotes the words of the team's head coach, Sergei Verlin, "Ves Sport". – The following will compete at the Olympics: Anton Ryakhov (kayak-single, 500m and 1000m), Ilya Medvedev, Evgeny Salakhov, Anton Vasiliev, and Konstantin Vishnyakov (kayak-four, 1000m), Yuliana Salakhova (kayak-single, 500m), Maxim Opalev (canoe-single, 500m), Viktor Melantiev (canoe-single, 1000m), Sergei Ulegin, and Alexander Kostoglod (canoe-double, 500m and 1000m). All the teams included in the Olympic squad can count on medals at the Beijing Games. Our plan-forecast is one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal. I think this is a completely realistic plan. Much will depend on how the final stage of preparation goes. From July 15 to August 5, we will have a 20-day training camp at the rowing base in Syntule, and then we will immediately move to Barnaul, where we will spend 10 days. The departure to Beijing is scheduled for August 15.

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