May 23, 2013
London 2012 Olympic Tournament preview: Russia

RUSSIA
Andrei Kirilenko - CSKA Moscow Since it started playing as an independent country in 1994, Russia has a pair of World Championships silver medals plus gold and bronze from EuroBaskets. Now, it takes those medal hopes to the Olympics after qualifying with strong play earlier this summer. Russia's head coach, David Blatt of Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv, has a born leader in Andrei Kirilenko, the Turkish Airlines Euroleague MVP last season with CSKA Moscow. He joins five of his CSKA teammates from last season: Sasha Kaun, Anton Ponkrashov, Evgeny Voronov, Alexey Shved and Viktor Khryapa, a former All-Euroleague first-teamer. There are also three current Eurocup champions from Khimki Moscow Region: Vitaly Fridzon, Dmitry Khvostov and Sergey Monya. They all know center Timofey Mozgov well from having played with him on Khimki, too. Only two players - Sergey Karasev and Semen Antonov - have not been with CSKA or Khimki, which means that familiarity should be a major strength for Russia.
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Name
Pos.
Height
Born
Team 2011-12
4 SHVED, ALEKSEY Guard 195 1988 CSKA Moscow (Euroleague - Russia)
5 MOZGOV, TIMOFEY Center 215 1986 Denver Nuggets (NBA)
6 KARASEV, SERGEY Guard 200 1993 Triumph Lyubertsy (Eurocup - Russia)
7 FRIDZON, VITALIY Guard 195 1985 BC Khimki (Eurocup - Russia)
8 KAUN, SASHA Center 211 1985 CSKA Moscow (Euroleague - Russia)
9 VORONOV, EVGENY Guard 194 1986 CSKA Moscow (Euroleague - Russia)
10 KHRYAPA, VIKTOR Forward 204 1982 CSKA Moscow (Euroleague - Russia)
11 ANTONOV, SEMEN Forward 206 1989 Nizhny Novgorod (Russia)
12 MONYA, SERGEY Forward 202 1983 BC Khimki (Eurocup - Russia)
13 KHVOSTOV, DMITRIY Guard 190 1989 BC Khimki (Eurocup - Russia)
14 PONKRASHOV, ANTON Guard 200 1986 CSKA Moscow (Euroleague - Russia)
15 KIRILENKO, ANDREI Forward 206 1981 CSKA Moscow (Euroleague - Russia)
Head Coach: BLATT, DAVID
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
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