Russia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:RUS
Fedname:All-Russia Athletic Federation
Year:2009
Games:World Championships in Athletics
Location:Berlin
Gold:4
Silver:3
Bronze:6
Previous:2007
Next:2011

Russia competes at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of over 100 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition, one of the largest squads in the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Yelena Isinbayeva, Tatyana Lebedeva, Yekaterina Volkova, and Olga Kaniskina are the defending champions in their respective events. The 2008 Olympic champion Valeriy Borchin, and world record holder Gulnara Galkina-Samitova, are also competing.[1] Russia will be represented in all the women's events, and furthermore, only five men's events will not feature a Russian competitor.

Team selection

Track and road events
EventAthletes
MenWomen
100 metresYevgeniya Polyakova
Anna Geflikh
200 metresRoman SmirnovYuliya Gushchina
Yelena Bolsun
Olga Zaitseva
400 metresMaksim DyldinAntonina Krivoshapka
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
Lyudmila Litvinova
800 metresYuriy BorzakovskiyMariya Savinova
Svetlana Klyuka
Elena Kofanova
1500 metresAnna Alminova
Natalya Yevdokimova
Oksana Zbrozhek
5000 metresElizaveta Grechishnikova
Natalya Popova
10,000 metresAnatoliy RybakovLiliya Shobukhova
Mariya Konovalova
Kseniya Agafonova
MarathonOleg Kulkov
Yuriy Abramov
Sergei Rybin
Mikhail Limaev
Svetlana Zakharova
Nailiya Yulamanova
Olga Glok
Alevtina Biktimirova
Lyubov Morgunova
100 metres hurdlesYuliya Kondakova
Tatyana Dektiareva
Yekaterina Shtepa
110 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdlesAleksandr DereviaginYuliya Pechonkina
Natalya Antyukh
Yelena Churakova
Natalya Ivanova (reserve)
3000 m steeplechaseIldar MinshinYekaterina Volkova
Gulnara Galkina-Samitova
Yuliya Zarudneva
Yelena Sidorchenkova
20 km race walkValeriy Borchin
Petr Trofimov
Andrey Krivov
Olga Kaniskina
Anisiya Kirdiapkina
Vera Sokolova
Larisa Emelianova
50 km race walkDenis Nizhegorodov
Sergey Kirdiapkin
Yuriy Andronov
4×100 metres relayYevgeniya Polyakova
Yuliya Gushchina
Natalya Rusakova
Yuliya Chermoshanskaya
Aleksandra Fedoriva
4×400 metres relayMaksim Dyldin
Konstantin Svechkar
Valentin Krugliakov
Anton Kokorin
Antonina Krivoshapka
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
Lyudmila Litvinova
Natalya Nazarova
Tatyana Firova
Natalya Antyukh
Field and combined events
EventAthletes
MenWomen
Pole vaultViktor Chistiakov
Aleksandr Gripich
Igor Pavlov
Yelena Isinbayeva
Yuliya Golubchikova
Aleksandra Kiryashova
Tatyana Polnova
High jumpIvan Ukhov
Yaroslav Rybakov
Andrei Tereshin
Anna Chicherova
Yelena Slesarenko
Svetlana Shkolina
Long jumpAleksandr MenkovTatyana Lebedeva
Yelena Sokolova
Irina Meleshina
Olga Kucherenko
Triple jumpIgor Spasovkhodskiy
Yevgeniy Plotnir
Tatyana Lebedeva
Nadezhda Alekhina
Anna Pyatykh
Shot putMaksim Sidorov
Pavel Sofin
Valeriy Kokoev
Anna Avdeeva
Discus throwBogdan Pishchalnikov
Nikolay Sedyuk
Natalya Sadova
Svetlana Saikina
Hammer throwAleksey ZagorniyTatyana Lysenko
Javelin throwSergei Makarov
Ilya Korotkov
Aleksandr Ivanov
Valeriya Zabruskova
Maria Abakumova
HeptathlonTatyana Chernova
DecathlonAleksei Sysoev
Aleksandr Pogorelov
Vasiliy Kharlamov

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Notes and References

  1. http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52469.html Russia selects more than 100 for Berlin