Russian Winter 2006

Four over 2.32 at Russian Indoors :eek:
17.02.2006
Andrey Tereshin won the men’s high jump at the Russian Indoor Championships having cleared a personal best of 2.36 meters. Yaroslav Rybakov ran up with a clearance of 2.34 m. Ivan Ukhov and Andrey Silnov shared the third place — 2.32 meters.

1 Andrei Tereshin RUS 2,36
2 Yaroslav Rybakov RUS 2,34
3 Ivan Ukhov RUS 2,32
3 Andrei Silnov RUS 2,32

Fast 400 meters semi-finals
17.02.2006

Very good results were achieved at Russian Indoors in the 400 meters semi-finals. In the men’s division, Dmitriy Petrov clocked a Russian season best of 46.32 seconds. Natalya Nazarova :cool: was the best in the women’s division with 50.32 seconds (1st semi-final).

The second in the women’s 1st semi-final there was Yuliya Gushchina with 51.26 sec.

Natalya Antyukh achieved 50.61 sec in the 2nd semi-final. Tatyana Veshkurova was second — 51.07.

Tatyana Levina won the 3rd semi-final clocking 51.45 seconds.

Ruslan Gataullin meets WIC standard
18.02.2006
Ruslan Gataullin won the men’s long jump at the Russian Indoor Championships with 8.11 meters yesterday. He was the only one who met the qualifying standard for the 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships on 10-12 March in Moscow, Russia.

1 Ruslan Gataullin RUS 8,11
2 Vladimir Maliavin RUS 7,90
3 Dmitri Sapinski RUS 7,90
4 Denis Siniavski RUS 7,79
5 Evgeny Plotnir RUS 7,62
6 Kirill Sosunov RUS 7,50
7 Dmitri Abramov RUS 7,47
8 Aleksandr Alferov RUS 7,46

Borzakovskiy wins another title
18.02.2006
At the Russian Indoors, Yuriy Borzakovskiy won the men’s 1500 meters in his best manner with a finish spurt and beat the rivals by far — 3:41.53.

1 Yuri Borzakovski RUS 3.41,53
2 Aleksandr Krivchonkov RUS 3.43,04
3 Roman Koval RUS 3.43,52
4 Andrei Osipov RUS 3.43,59
5 Aleksei Efremov RUS 3.45,33
6 Andrei Zatonski RUS 3.45,43
7 Dmitri Onufrienko RUS 3.45,62
8 Aleksei Chistov RUS 3.47,03

Day 3 first champions
18.02.2006
The competitions of Day 3 of the Russian Indoor Championships have started in Moscow CSKA Sports Indoor Hall. Today’s first champion titles were won by Ivan Teplykh and Natalya Ivanova who clocked in the 200 meters 21.32 and 23.13 seconds correspondingly.

Men
1 Ivan Teplykh RUS 21,32
2 Roman Smirnov RUS 21,49
3 Maksim Mokrousov RUS 21,78
4 Ruslan Kiriakin RUS 21,79
5 Dmitri Tents RUS 21,92
6 Valeri Kirdiashov RUS 22,23

Women
1 Natalia Ivanova RUS 23,13
2 Yelena Novikova RUS 23,19
3 Liudmila Zuenko RUS 23,28
4 Yekaterina Kondratieva RUS 23,61
5 Olga Khalandyriova RUS 23,81

Yelena Bolsun RUS DNF

Natalya Nazarova sets World season best
18.02.2006

Natalya Nazarova :cool: :slight_smile: :stuck_out_tongue: :smiley: won the women’s 400 meters at the Russian Indoor Championships having achieved a World season best of 49.98 seconds. Olesya Krasnomovets ran up with 50.04 seconds and Natalya Antyukh was third — 50.37.

Dmitriy Petrov became a champion in the men’s division. Thanks to his finish spurt on the last meters, Petrov passed the race leaders, Konstantin Svechkar and Vladislav Frolov, and achieved a Russian season best of 46.28 seconds.

Men
1 Dmitri Petrov RUS 46,28
2 Vladislav Frolov RUS 46,60
3 Yevgeni Lebedev RUS 46,69
4 Konstantin Sverkach RUS 46,90
5 Aleksandr Dereviagin RUS 47,02
6 Andrei Polukeiev RUS 47,58

Women
1 Natalia Nazarova RUS 49,98
2 Olesia Krasnomovets RUS 50,04
3 Natalia Antiukh RUS 50,37
4 Tatiana Levina RUS 51,17
5 Tatiana Veshkurova RUS 51,52
6 Yulia Guschina RUS 52,07

Yelena Soboleva sets 1500m World record
18.02.2006
The third day of the Russian Indoor Championships brought the second World record :eek: . At the time, Yelena Soboleva won the women’s 1500 meters having clocked an amazing time of 3:58.28 minutes! Yelena bettered the previous record set on 1 February 2003 by Regina Jackobs from USA by 1.70 seconds!

1 Yelena Soboleva RUS 3.58,28 - WR
2 Yulia Chizhenko RUS 4.01,26
3 Yelena Kanales RUS 4.03,53
4 Olesia Chumakova RUS 4.04,39
5 Natalia Gorelova RUS 4.06,25
6 Anna Alminova RUS 4.07,96
7 Tatiana Beltiukova RUS 4.22,75
8 Tatyana Yegorova RUS 4.29,83

Olga Kotlyarova achieves 800m World season lead!
18.02.2006
Olga Kotlyarova :slight_smile: won the women’s 800 meters at the Russian Indoor Championships with a World season best of 1:57.51 minutes. Kotlyarova’s result is the second in the Russian Athletics’ history. There is only Natalya Tsyganova who ran faster: 1:57.47 on 7 March 1999.

Men
1 Ramil Aritkulov RUS 1.47,08
2 Dmitri Bogdanov RUS 1.47,46
3 Ivan Nesterov RUS 1.47,81
4 Anton Bochkariov RUS 1.48,21
5 Yuri Koldin RUS 1.48,76

Erken Isakov RUS DNF

Women
1 Olga Kotliarova RUS 1.57,51
2 Natalia Tsyganova RUS 1.59,64
3 Svetlana Cherkasova RUS 2.00,87
4 Irina Vashentseva RUS 2.01,12
5 Maria Shapaeva RUS 2.01,83
6 Maria Driakhlova RUS 2.02,74

Svetlana Kliuka RUS DNF

Wednesday 1 March 2006

Monte-Carlo - As the world’s elite make their final preparations ahead of the 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships which begin next week in Moscow, Russia (10 -12 March), the host team looks set to dominate the battle for medals in the Olimpiyskiy Sport Palace Complex.

26 World Indoor titles will be contested over the course of three days in Moscow, and of the 13 men’s and 13 women’s events, Russian athletes currently hold the best marks of the 2006 indoor season in 2 men’s and 9 women’s disciplines!

Is it possible for the first time in history that one nation might win all the women’s track events :rolleyes: , for at present Russians either tie for the world lead or are outright the best in the world? In recent weeks at the Russian Championships, the 1500m and 3000m World Indoor records were smashed, news which should give even the Ethiopians, Moroccans, Bahrainis, and Romanians, who are their nearest challengers some cause for concern.

Perhaps the Russian women’s chances of gold are most vulnerable at 60m where Mariya Bolikova heads the world list (equal with Jamaican Veronica Campbell – not entered), given that a strong USA pairing (selected from Me’Lisa Barber, Lauryn Williams and Torri Edwards), France’s Christine Arron, and Belgium’s Kim Gevaert seem to be moving into top gear. However, what is to stop Natalya Nazarova :slight_smile: winning her third successive individual 400m gold, or the Russian World record quartet taking the 4x400m title? In both the women’s 400m and 800m, Russia has the four fastest athletes of 2006, so these titles seem good medal bets even with Maria Mutola (MOZ) seeking her seventh gold in the latter.

The Russian arsenal of women’s athletic talent is so strong we have yet to mention the other world season event leaders - 2004 / 2005 World Athlete of the Year, Yelena Isinbayeva (Pole Vault), Tatyana Kotova in the Long Jump, and Olga Levenkova who heads the Pentathlon lists for 2006.

Amidst such an array of season leading talent in the women’s division, it is also too easy to forget Russia’s indoor leaders in the men’s events, Yuriy Borzakovskiy and Yaroslav Rybakov, and when the participation of the reigning Olympic 800m champion and European outdoor High Jump gold medallists becomes just a footnote to any story, it is all the clearer that the Russian team on home soil will be exceptionally strong, perhaps even unstoppable in its pursuit of gold.

NB. Reigning Long and Triple Jump champion Tatyana Lebedeva will compete just in the Triple Jump in Moscow, Yelena Slesarenko (women’s High Jump) and Igor Pavlov (men’s Pole Vault) will also return to defend their World titles.

IAAF

Sunday 5 March 2006
http://www.iaaf.org/WIC06/news/Kind=2/newsId=33678.html

EDIT: Question: why has this particular team in 4 and 4 x 4 been selected for women? Nazarova and Krasnomovets were 1st and 2nd respectively in their Nationals, that’s fine. But why is Vekshurova the alternative for the individual event and not Antyukh (3rd in Nationals)? Or even Zaitseva with the 3rd fastest time in the Russian team? Lastly, anyone knows why Zaitseva didn’t run in their Nationals? Anyone?
Thanks!

Russian head coach Valeriy Kulichenko and the national Council of Coaches have made the public announcement of the Russian team who were formerly entered last week to do battle for medals at the 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships, Moscow, Russia (10-12 March).

Leading the selections in the men’s squad, Olympic champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy will run his specialist 800m, while in the women’s line-up, 2004 / 2005 World Athlete of the Year Yelena Isinbayeva and Golden League Jackpot winner Tatyana Lebedeva, two of the World record setting stars from the last championships in 2004, compete in the Pole Vault and Triple Jump respectively.

A multi-flexible line-up for the women’s 4x400m relay will also ensure the World record holders are well respresented in Moscow.

Igor Pavlov (PV), Natalya Nazarova (400m) and Yelena Slesarenko (HJ), return to defend their World Indoor crowns along with Isinbayeva and Lebedeva.

Men
60m – Aleksandr Volkov, Andrey Yepishin
400m – Vladislav Frolov, Dmitriy Petrov and 4x400m relay – Aleksandr Derevyagin, Yevgeniy Lebedev, Andrey Polukeyev, Konstantin Svechkar
800m – Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Ramil Aritkulov
1500m – Aleksandr Krivchonkov
3000m – Sergey Ivanov, Pavel Naumov
60m Hurdles – Yevgeniy Borisov, Igor Peremota
High Jump - Yaroslav Rybakov, Andrey Tereshin
Pole Vault – Igor Pavlov, Dmitriy Starodubtzev
Long Jump – Ruslan Gataullin, Vitaliy Shkurlatov
Triple Jump – Victor Guzshinskiy, Igor Spasovkhodskiy
Shot Put – Anton Luboslavskiy, Pavel Sofiyn
Heptathlon – Aleksey Drozdov, Aleksandr Pogorelov, Konstantin Smirnov

Women
60m – Mariya Bolikova, Larisa Kruglova
400m and 4x400m – Olesya Krasnomovetz, Natalya Nazarova; Tatyana Vekshurova (alternate – 400m and 4x400m), 4x400m - Natalya Antyukh, Yuliya Guzshina, Tatyana Levina, Olga Zaitzeva
800m – Olga Kotlyarova and Natalya Tsyganova
1500m – Yuliya Chizhenko, Elena Soboleva
3000m – Liliya Shobukhova, Olesya Syreva
60m Hurdles – Olga Korsunova, Tatyana Pavliy
High Jump – Yekaterina Savchenko, Yelena Slesarenko
Pole Vault – Yelena Isinbayeva, Svetlana Feofanova
Long Jump – Tatyana Kotova, Oksana Udmurtova or Ludmila Kolchanova
Triple Jump – Tatyana Lebedeva, Anna Pyatykh
Shot Put - Olga Ivanova, Olga Ryabinkina
Pentathlon - Yuliya Ignatkina, Svetlana Ladokhina, Olga Levenkova.