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MOSCOW, Jan 24 Head coach of the Russian national cross-country skiing team Markus Kramer says that the women's team, which will go to the Olympic Games in Beijing, is weaker than the men's, but the Russians will be able to take individual medals and be competitive in the relay race. The Olympics will be held on February 4-22. As part of the men's team, Alexander Bolshunov, Sergey Ustyugov, Alexei Chervotkin, Ivan Yakimushkin, Denis Spitsov, Alexander Terentyev, Ilya Semikov, Artyom Maltsev will go to Beijing, as part of the women's team — Natalya Nepryaeva, Tatyana Sorina, Yulia Stupak, Anastasia Rygalina, Veronika Stepanova, Khristina Matsokina, Lilia Vasilyeva, Maria Istomina. «We have a very strong men's team going to the Olympics this year, we will be medalists in all types of races. The women's team is not so strong. At the moment we have three or four strong runners in the face Natalia Nepryaeva, Yulia Stupak and Tatyana Sorina, who can take personal medals. I think they will be able to fight in the relay. We have already seen this at the World Cup in Lillehammer, «Kramer is quoted by Langrenn. «It is very important that they are followed by at least the same number of young skiers, especially Veronika Stepanova. So in four years we will be much stronger,» the coach added.