Athletes to Watch

Basketball: Men’s and Women’s team

Boxing: Alexei Tishchenko, Matvei Korobov

Diving: Gleb Galperin, Dmitry Sautin

Trampoline: Irina Karavayeva 

Tennis: Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Yelena Dementieva

Track and Field: Yelena Isinbayeva (women’s pole vault), Tatyana Lebedeva (women’s long jump, triple jump), Yuri Borzakovsky (men’s 800m), Ivan Ukhov and Yaroslav Rybakov (men’s high jump), Yelena Soboleva (women’s 1500m), Denis Nizhegorodov (men’s 50km walk) 

Shooting: Mikhail Nestruyev, Lyubov Galkina 

Swimming: Anastasia Zuyeva, Yuri Prilukov

Synchronized Swimming: Women’s team and duo

Volleyball: Women’s team

Handball: Women’s team

Wrestling: The whole team