Olga Kotlyarova achieves 800m World season lead!
18.02.2006
Olga Kotlyarova 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.

Yelena Soboleva sets 1500m World record
18.02.2006
The third day of the Russian Indoor Championships brought the second World record. This 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 by Regina Jackobs from USA on 1 February 2003 by 1.70 seconds!

Natalya Nazarova sets World season best
18.02.2006
Natalya Nazarova 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.

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 a few minutes ago. 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.

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.

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.

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 was the best in the women’s division with 50.32 seconds (1st semi-final).

Four over 2.32 at Russian Indoors
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.

Borisov and Korsunova win 60m hurdles
17.02.2006
Yevgeniy Borisov and Olga Kursunova became Russian champions in the 60 meters Hurdles achieving 7.65 and 8.09 seconds correspondingly. Igor Peremota the 60mH final favorite started unsuccessfully and injured at the first hurdle.

World record for Shobukhova!
17.02.2006
Liliya Shobukhova set a new World record of 8:27.86 minutes in the women’s 3000 meters during a close contest with Olesya Syryeva at the Russian Indoor Championships. Shubokhova bettered Berhane Adere’s (ETH) record by 1.29 seconds!

Anna Pyatykh wins Triple jump
17.02.2006
Anna Pyatykh just won the women’s triple jump at the Russian Indoor Championships, having jumped a Russian season best of 14.69 meters. Tatyana Lebedeva was second with 14.61 meters.

2 World best performances at Russian Indoors!
17.02.2006
A World best performance has opened the second day of the Russian Indoor Championships! Tatyana Petrova clocked 9:07.00 minutes in the women’s 3000mSt.

Yepishin and Bolikova win 60m at Russian Indoors
16.02.2006
Andrey Yepishin won the men’s 60 meters at the Russian Indoors clocking 6.62 seconds. Mariya Bolikova won the women’s division with 7.20sec.

Anton Lyuboslavskiy sets new Russian U23 record
16.02.2006
Anton Lyuboslavskiy set a new Russian U23 record in the men’s shot put at the Russian Indoor Championships achieving 20.75 meters.

Svetlana Feofanova — first 2006 Russian champion
16.02.2006
Svetlana Feofanova won the first final of the 2006 Russian Indoor Championships that started in Moscow today, clearing 4.55 meters in the women’s pole vault.