The 2017 Russian Championships get underway next week, and even though it’s way too early in the season for anyone to be in full fighting form, we’ll get to see quite the roster in Kazan next week as four of the country’s 2016 Olympic silver medalists return to competition.
Angelina Melnikova, Seda Tutkhalyan, Maria Paseka, and Daria Spiridonova are all expected to compete, with their teammate Aliya Mustafina the only one sitting out, as the recently married world and Olympic champion is a mother-to-be, expected to give birth this July.
Also on the list are new seniors Elena Eremina, Anastasia Iliankova, and Elizaveta Kochetkova, all of whom are expected to make an impact in the coming years, with Eremina and Iliankova currently on the national team while Kochetkova is on the reserve team.
Other national team members expected to compete in Kazan include Lilia Akhaimova, Natalia Kapitonova, Olympic alternate Evgeniya Shelgunova, and Daria Skrypnik, while the national team reserve competitors include Anastasia Dmitrieva, 2016 Voronin Cup champion Daria Elizarova, and Polina Fedorova.
On the men’s side, 2016 Olympic silver medalist Nikita Nagornyy is set to compete alongside fellow national team members Sergei Eltsov, Nikita Ignatyev, Dmitriy Lankin, Vladislav Polyashov, Kirill Potapov, Alexei Rostov, and Valentin Starikov.
The competition begins with the team final and individual qualifications next Wednesday March 1st, with the women’s all-around final on Thursday, the men’s on Friday, and event finals split between Saturday and Sunday.
A full list of competitors is below.
| Men Rem Akov Sargis Arakelyan Artyom Arnaut Pavel Belousov Alexander Bogatyrev Viktor Britan Alexei Bykov Ivan Cherkashev Andrei Cherkasov Alexander Chicherov Sergei Danilenko Sergei Eltsov Gary Gasparian Dmitriy Govorov Insaf Idiyatullin Denis Ignatyev Nikita Ignatyev Svyatoslav Ivanov Evgeniy Kamin Shamil Karaketov Vilyam Katyn Daniil Kazachkov Marat Khabibullin Stanislav Khekay Ilya Kibartas Dmitriy Kirpichenko Nikolai Kishkilov Alexei Kosyanov Nikolai Kovinov Kirill Kozin Alexei Kozlov Sergei Krivunets Mikhail Kudashov Matvey Kunitsyn Stanislav Kurakin Konstantin Kuzovkov Andrei Lagutov Dmitriy Lankin Nikita Letnikov Anton Litvintsev Boris Lozhkin Valeri Mikhalkevich Daniil Monakhov Dariy Morozov Alexei Myakinin Nikita Nagornyy Nikita Ostaf Andrei Perevoznikov Artyom Pleshkin Vladislav Polyashov Kirill Potapov Kirill Prokopyev Egor Prosvetov Alexei Rostov Konstantin Semenov Nikita Simonov Maksim Sinichkin Valentin Starikov Sergei Stepanov Pavel Strogonov Maksim Ulyankin Ivan Tikhonov Ivan Tsvetkov Matvey Tsygankov Nikita Vasilyev Yuri Verenikin Denis Yurov Ildar Yuskaev Ilya Zakrevskiy |
Women Eleonora Afanasyeva Lilia Akhaimova Elena Aleksenko Ilsia Aminova Alyona Arkusha Ksenia Artemova Varvara Batalova Olga Bikmurzina Yulia Biryulya Elena Bobyleva Ekaterina Boeva Ulyana Borovykh Alina Bunina Viktoria Bykova Anastasia Cheong Alyona Chernova Anastasia Chikurova Anastasia Dmitrieva Diana Dogmarova Vitalina Dotsenko Daria Elizarova Elena Eremina Polina Fedorova Inga Galeyeva Viktoria Gazeeva Daria Gontsova Polina Guvenkova Anastasia Iliankova Natalia Kapitonova Alyona Kapustina Ksenia Kim Elizaveta Kochetkova Viktoria Kuzmina Ekaterina Levchenko Elena Likhodolskaya Daria Lopatina Sita Makhmudova Daria Manenkova Angelina Melnikova Evgeniya Menovshchikova Daria Mikhailova Yulia Minina Irina Mitreneva Maria Paseka Ekaterina Polikarpova Anna Rudneva Evgeniya Shelgunova Yuliya Shishkova Anastasia Sidorova Daria Skrypnik Alla Sosnitskaya Alina Spasova Daria Spiridonova Polina Spirina Yulia Starchenko Viktoria Trykina Maria Tsaryapkina Vasilsa Tsupina Elena Tsvetkova Seda Tutkhalyan Ekaterina Tyunina Maria Vanyushkina Margarita Varnakova Polina Vereshchagina Alina Zakirova |
Article by Lauren Hopkins
The Gymternet 
I really don’t know anything about Russian names, but is Eleonora Afanasyeva happen to be related to Ksenia?
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I don’t think they’re related but I’m not sure.
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What has happened to uliana perebinosova and Ekaterina sokova ?????
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Yes these are the real questions!
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Sokova is injured. She won’t be able to resume training for a few more months.
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She is again injured? Its been about two years now…
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Is this only the senior roster?
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The juniors have their own championships at a different time.
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Another “are they related” question… Wasn’t there a Dina Kochetkova on teams in the 1990s or something? Any relation?
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Whats about Nabieva?
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I’ve heard she’s dealing with injury, nothing major.
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Kapitonova was also an Olympic alternate! (I still believe in you, Natasha! No matter how many times you fall off beam…)
For those asking, Afanasyev(a) and Kochetkov(a) are common Russian surnames. Afanasiy is a Russian men’s name, so Afanasyev(a) is like “Johnson,” “Richardson,” or “Davidson.” Kochetkov(a) is an animal-based surname (rooster), again a common category in Russian (Medvedev(a), Volkov(a), Bykov(a), Sokolov(a), Lebedev(a) also fall into this category). Both types were typical for peasants back in the day.
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do you know if there is going to be a live video if so could you reply with the link thanks!
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When the link goes up I’ll post!
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Livestream is on from tomorrow till 5.
Site: sportgym.rus
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