Russian Trials 2008

KAZAN, Russia, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - Results from the second day of the Russian athletics championships here on Friday:

Men
100m

  1. Andrei Yepishin 10.28sec, 2. Igor Gostev 10.40, 3. Ivan Teplykh 10.43

400m

  1. Denis Alekseyev 45.50sec, 2. Maxim Dyldin 45.74, 3. Anton Kokorin 45.78

800m

  1. Yury Borzakovsky 1min 46.59sec, 2. Yury Koldin 1:47.83, 3. Dmitry Bogdanov 1:48.20

110m hurdles

  1. Yevgeny Borisov 13.51sec, 2. Igor Peremota 13.60, 3. Pavel Filev 13.89

400m hurdles

  1. Alexander Derevyagin 49.00sec, 2. Vladimir Antmanis 50.01, 3. Mikhail Lipsky 50.17

3,000m steeplechase

  1. Ildar Minshin 8min 22.51sec, 2. Roman Usov 8:26.53, 3. Pavel Potapovich 8:27.50

Women
100m

  1. Yevgenia Polyakova 11.30sec, 2. Maria Bolikova 11.40, 3. Yulia Chermoshanskaya 11.41

400m

  1. Yulia Gushchina 50.12sec, 2. Anastasia Kapachinskaya 50.20, 3. Tatiana Firova 50.25

800m

  1. Yelena Soboleva 1min 54.85sec, 2. Tatiana Andrianova 1:56.00, 3. Svetlana Klyuka 1:56.64

100 hurdles

  1. Yulia Kondakova 12.91sec, 2. Tatiana Degtyareva 12.96, 3. Olga Korsunova 13.12

400m hurdles

  1. Yekaterina Bikkert 54.34sec, 2. Irina Obedina 54.86, 3. Anastasia Ott 55.07

3,000m steeplechase

  1. Gulnara Galkina-Samitova 9min 08.21sec, 2. Tatiana Petrova 9:15.84, 3. Yelena Sidorchenkova 9:24.04

Pole vault

  1. Svetlana Feofanova 4.70m, 2. Yulia Golubchikova 4.65, 3. Tatiana Polnova 4.60

Amazing depth in the womens 400/800. Can they continue this form past russian trials?

Judging by past Olympics they are probably just coming into form, their 4x400m team will be hard to beat.

Do we know anything about how their training?

Do we know anything about how their training?

Do we know anything about how their training?

Do we know anything about how their training?

Do we know anything about how their training?