MOSCOW, January 21 Alpine skiing team to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to the website of the organization. The team included seven athletes: Alexander Andrienko, Alexander Khoroshilov, Ivan Kuznetsov, Polina Melnikova, Yulia Pleshkova, Ekaterina Tkachenko and Anastasia Gornostaeva. Anastasia Popkova was approved as the head coach of the team. Russian skiers will go to China directly from Europe, where they continue to take part in World Cup and European competitions until the end of January. The first group will fly to Beijing on February 2, the second on the 4th and the third on the 7th.
