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Replacement in national rowing team

01 May 2015 [09:50] - TODAY.AZ

/By AzerNews/

By Amina Nazarli

Azerbaijan's national kayak and canoe team has made a change in its squad. The team will represent the country in the European Canoe Sprint Seniors Championship to be held in Racice, the Czech Republic on May 1-3.

Four-time canoe World champion and four-time European champion Valentin Demyanenko, who was supposed to compete in the single men boat race - [C1] 200 meters has been removed from the squad due to health problems.

Valentin, 32, who is being treated now, will be replaced by another national rower Nikita Sablin, who will compete in the same category.

Six Azerbaijani rowers will participate in the three-day competition. Some 846 participants from 35 countries will compete for the best title.

Anatoliy Melnik will compete in the single men boat race - [C1] 500 meters and 1,000 metes competitions, while duo: Aleksey Kupin and European champion Sergey Bezgliy will stand in the double men boat race - [C2] 500 meters and 1,000 meters.

Olympic champion kayaker Inna Osipenko-Radomskaya will also take part in the competition. Inna will compete in the single women boat race - [K-1] 200 meters, 500 meters and 5,000 meters distances. Another talented kayaker, Mirnazim Javadov will join the single men boat race competition - [K-1] 200 meters and 500 meters distances.

The team coaches are Aleksanrd Kolibelnikov, Anatoli Dudnik and Dmitriy Radomski. Rovshan Karimov, the executive director of the National Rowing Federation will lead the delegation.

The names of all participants were announced according to the Presidential Cup test rowing competition in academic, kayaking and canoeing categories, held in Azerbaijan’s Mingechevir region on April 3-5.

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