and some basketball news russian international john abbott holden will be with the team about september's european championships in lithuania thirty four all the american born russian announced his retirement last month but said he is not quitting the national school the however head coach david blocks made clear on south as a that the playmaker well and joined the team for the upcoming euro unlike holder. kirilenko will travel to only three and a half from the u.s. to help the russians. and finally the temperatures here in moscow have been reaching and passing thirty degrees celsius regularly over the past few weeks just perfect for swimming then and no better time for the moscow open war the championships to take place because that's about the above reports. perfect weather and the venue that's what the most. ship is known for. drinks more and more participants every year this time another record was set with more than one hundred swimmers in different races. i'm really glad the number of participants increases dramatically every year we try to make it more popular and attract people ma