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17th team on the list :
Queens of the Russian snowkiting Mila Polyakova and Eugenia Kotlyarova (ex-Snowflakes) now teamed in “Belka & Strelka” (see the meaning down below).
Mila Polyakova 1st place Race World Championship 2011 (ISKA women/ski), 2rd place Ragnarock 2012 women/ski. Сourse race and marathon winner in Russian competition since 2007. 1 st plase Rase VAKE 2013 (women/ski), 26 plase in the general offset. 2010- kite expedition on Ob Bay (about 450-500km) 2011-kite expedition on Zhigulevsk reservoir (about 250km). VAKE 2013
Evgenia Kotlyarova 3st place Race World Championship 2005 (ISKA women/ski), 2st place Race World Championship 2005 (WISSA women/ski), 1st place Race World Championship 2006 (ISKA women/ski). Сourse race and marathon winner in Russian competition since 2005. 1 st plase Rase VAKE 2013 (women/ski), 26 plase in the general offset. Marathon from Tolyatti to Ulyanovsk (137 km - 3 hours), Tolyatti-Kazan (to 400 km there are 2 days). VAKE 2013.
“Belka & Strelka” Wikipedia :
Belka (Белка, literally, "Squirrel" or, alternately, "Whitey") and Strelka (Стрелка, "Arrow") 2 dogs spent a day in space aboard Korabl-Sputnik-2 (Sputnik 5) on 19 August 1960 before safely returning to Earth.[6]
They were accompanied by a grey rabbit, 42 mice, 2 rats, flies and several plants and fungi. All passengers survived. They were the first Earth-born creatures to go into orbit and return alive.
Strelka went on to have six puppies with a male dog named Pushok who participated in many ground-based space experiments, but never made it into space.[12] One of the pups was named Pushinka (Пушинка, "Fluffy") and was presented to President John F. Kennedy's daughter Caroline by Nikita Khrushchev in 1961. A Cold War romance bloomed between Pushinka and a Kennedy dog named Charlie resulting in the birth of 4 pups that JFK referred to jokingly as pupniks.[13][14] Two of their pups, Butterfly and Streaker were given away to children in the Midwest. The other two puppies, White Tips and Blackie, stayed at the Kennedy home on Squaw Island but were eventually given away to family friends.[12] Pushinka's descendants are still living today. — с Mila Polyakova. |