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The same three Black Cat members who competed in both events at the FAI Mondial 2016 (Valentin Ilin, Vasily Korotkov, Evgeny Stashchenko) will once again collect two gold medals for their double duties, as they did last year.
This is still a special occasion, even for Vasily Korotkov and Evgeny Stashchenko, who have pretty much won anything there is to win, and that not only in Russia.
Russian Nationals 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total | Avg | |
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Rank | 4-way Open | E,21,7 | F,1,D,K | G,8,C,J | H,19,3 | Q,4,11 | 5,22,B | 15,10,O | 18,20,A | M,12,L,9 | 13,P,2 | 14,16,N | Total | Avg |
1 | Black Cat | 25 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 20 (-2) | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | 142 | 23.7 |
2 | Barguzin | 26 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 125 | 20.8 |
3 | DOSAAF | 22 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 110 | 18.3 |
4 | XO Team | 20 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 107 | 17.8 |
5 | Tanay Wolves | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 99 | 16.5 |
6 | DZ Grozniy | 15 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 97 | 16.2 |
7 | Tanaiski Prianik | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 87 | 14.5 |
8 | Girls | 13 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 83 | 13.8 |
9 | UFO | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3.0 |
Host Andrey Barabash competes with a local pickup team, Tanaiski Pryanik, and the lineup includes his 8-way team mate Dmitry Samokhval.
Valeriy Gredasov is the only Black Cat member who was not competing in 8-way. He is the youngest and newest Black Cat member after joining the team in 2014, and he is focusing on his challenging inside center job with the three world class 4-way and 8-way competitors.
Black Cat is planning to give Valeriy Gredasov the full slot next year and train more often. He has shared it with Alexander Kvochur since he joined the team and was the alternate at the major events.
Valeriy Gredasov was back in the lineup a week later to win his first national gold medal in Kolomna and then traveled to the FAI World Air Games 2015 as the alternate. However, he took the inside center slot from Alexander Kvochur once in Round 10 (11,20,3) and Black Cat finished only one point behind Arizona Airspeed (20 - 19). Now he is on his way to defend the Russian 4-way title successfully...