Volleyball
Nikolai Karpol’s wife died at the age of 85
Former Uralochka volleyball player and wife of Honored Coach of the USSR Nikolai Karpol Galina Karpol (Duvanova) has died, the press service of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation (VFV) reports.
Galina Karpol was 84 years old.
— The native of Sverdlovsk dedicated her entire playing career to her native Uralochka, and also spent her coaching career here – in the Uralochka reserve team she trained players for the main team.
And Galina Mikhailovna dedicated her life to Nikolai Karpol, becoming his muse, faithful companion and main friend. Galina Mikhailovna was a wonderful, sincere person, a devoted friend, always ready to lend a shoulder and was one of the first to rush to help.
We express our sincere deepest condolences to the family and friends of Galina Mikhailovna, Nikolai Vasilyevich and Mikhail Vasilyevich Karpol in connection with the death of his beloved wife and grandmother,” the message says.
Galina Karpol played for Uralochka in 1966–1967 and 1969–1976, and worked as a coach for the team from 1976 to 1989. She helped prepare young players for the first team.
Nikolai Karpol, as a coach, twice led the USSR national team to gold medals at the Olympic Games (1980, 1988); under his leadership, the United Team (1992) and the Russian national team (2000, 2004) became silver medalists at the Olympics. Karpol also won the World Championship with the USSR national team (1990), the European Championship with the USSR national team (1979, 1989, 1991) and the Russian national team (1993, 1997, 1999, 2001). “Uralochka” under the leadership of Karpol won the European Champions Cup (now the Champions League) 8 times.
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The Kazan team Dynamo-Ak Bars beat Zarechye-Odintsovo in the final of the Russian Volleyball Super Cup among women’s teams.
The decisive match took place on Sunday in Kaliningrad and ended in victory for Dynamo with a score of 3–2 (25:18, 25:27, 25:10, 22:25, 15:9).
“Dynamo-Ak Bars” wins the Russian Super Cup for the second year in a row and the fourth time in history. This is the best result in the history of the tournament, Dynamo Moscow has three victories, Lokomotiv from Kaliningrad has one.
The current Russian Super Cup was held for the first time in the Final Four format.
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Volleyball
Volleyball players of St. Petersburg “Zenith” defeated Novosibirsk “Lokomotiv” in a match of the Russian championship
Zenit from St. Petersburg beat Novosibirsk Lokomotiv in a match of the Russian Volleyball Championship among men’s teams.
The meeting took place on Sunday in St. Petersburg and ended in victory for the home team with a score of 3–0 (25:17, 25:20, 25:22).
Zenit scored 32 points and ranks fourth in the standings, Lokomotiv (33 points) is third.
On Tuesday, Lokomotiv from Novosibirsk announced the extension of the contract with head coach Plamen Konstantinov until the end of the 2027/28 season.
In another match of the game day, Orenburg defeated MSTU – 3-0 (25:18, 25:14, 25:19).
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Volleyball
“Zarechye-Odintsovo” and Kazan “Dynamo-Ak Bars” will play in the final of the Russian Volleyball Super Cup
The Zarechye-Odintsovo volleyball players defeated Lokomotiv Kaliningrad in the semi-finals of the Russian Super Cup.
The meeting took place on Saturday and ended with the victory of Zarechye-Odintsovo in a tiebreaker – 29:27, 28:30, 25:20, 14:25, 16:14.
In the other semi-final, Kazan Dynamo-Ak Bars defeated St. Petersburg Leningradka with a score of 3–0 (25:18, 25:15, 25:16).
The final will take place in Kaliningrad on Sunday, December 21.
Previously, the trophy was played between two teams – the winner of the Russian Championship and the winner of the Russian Cup; this year the format was expanded to four clubs.
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Alberta Robinson is a sports journalist and author, who is currently associated with the publication Sportish, where she writes about sports related news and events. With a passion for sports and a keen eye for detail, Robinson brings in-depth analysis and insightful commentary to her writing.
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