Ukrainian pentathlonists refused to participate in the tournament in Russia
Ukrainian athletes refused to participate in the main event in modern Russian Pentathlon – Kremlin Cup, told »
The Kremlin Cup will take place in Moscow on May 23-24 for the fifth time . The prize fund is a record for the competition in modern pentathlon – 100 thousand dollars.
«Applications for participation in the Kremlin Cup in 2015 sent a record number of countries. Thereby records were broken in 2013 and 2014. This is despite the fact that officially refused to participate in the tournament Ukrainian delegation. However, in Moscow will perform athletes from 22 countries on all five continents, “- said Popov.
Popov said that the tournament will be attended by two Olympic champions – German Lena Sheneborn, winner of the 2008 Olympics, and Lithuanian Laura Asadauskaitė who won Games four years later.
«Among the participants of all the strongest Russian pentathlonists: world champions in different years in different disciplines Alexander Lesun, Ilya Frolov, Sergey Karjakin, Anna Buryak, Catherine Huraskina, repeated medalist World in the standings Donata Rimšaitė and winner of World Cup Final 2014 Octavia Nowacki ( Poland), European champion 2013 Hungarian Zsofia Feldhazi, as well as other well-known athletes, “- said Popov.
In the middle of April, it was approved by the schedule of the tournament. On Saturday will be competitions for women on Sunday – in men.
The competition will be held in the arena of CSKA in the Palace of martial arts, swimming pool and equestrian sports complex.
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