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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Kazan “Zenit” became the winner of the Russian Volleyball Super Cup among men’s teams.
On Friday, the Kazan team beat Lokomotiv from Novosibirsk – 3-1 (25:19, 25:17, 23:25, 25:21).
Zenit won the Russian Super Cup for the third year in a row. In total, the Kazan team has a record 11 victories in the tournament. Lokomotiv took part in the decisive matches for the trophy four times, but were defeated each time.
For the first time in history, the Russian Super Cup was held in the Final Four format. All meetings took place in St. Petersburg.
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Kazan “Zenit” defeated “Zenith” from St. Petersburg in the semi-finals of the Russian Volleyball Super Cup among men’s teams.
The meeting in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 3-2 (25:20, 25:17, 18:25, 23:25, 15:12) in favor of the Kazan team.
In the other semi-final earlier on Thursday, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk defeated Dynamo Moscow in four sets.
The final match between Lokomotiv and Zenit will take place on Friday, starting at 19:30 Moscow time.
Watch the live broadcast of the game on the Match TV and Match! Planet” (from 19:35 Moscow time), as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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Novosibirsk Lokomotiv defeated Dynamo Moscow in the semi-finals of the Russian Volleyball Super Cup among men’s teams.
The meeting in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 3–1 (21:25, 25:20, 25:13, 30:28).
In the other semi-final, which will take place later on Thursday, St. Petersburg and Kazan Zenit will meet.
The final match will take place on December 26.
Watch the live broadcast of the second semi-final on the Match TV and Match! Planet” (from 18:35 Moscow time), as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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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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