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Russian sweep in Monaco
31.03.2008 The 11th edition of the Monaco Marathon was held on 30 March. In the women’s event, Elena Kozhevnikova led a Russian sweep of the medals as she took the lead from the gun and never gave it up. She won in 2:41.21, ahead of Elena Tikhonova and Jeanna Malkova who clocked 2:48:10 and 2:50:37 respectively.
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Yelena Sokolova third in Praha
30.03.2008 Yelena Sokolova finished third at yesterday’s Praha Half Marathon clocking 1:17.03.
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Bogomolova conquers Rome in 2:22:53, Kiptoo takes men’s title
16.03.2008 Rome, Italy - Galina Bogomolova notched up an impressive win in the 14th edition of the Rome Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, setting a new Italian all-comers’ record with 2:22:53 which improved the previous all-time best on Italian soil run by Kenyan Margaret Okayo (2:24:59) in 2002 in Milan.
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Three medals on Day 2
09.03.2008 Russian athletes won three medals (gold, silver and bronze) on Day 2 of the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia. Thanks to that fact, Russian team moved to the third place on the medal table.
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Anna Bogdanova brings first medal
08.03.2008 Anna Bogdanova won Russia’s first medal at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships that started in Valencia, Spain yesterday. She placed third in the pentathlon scoring 4753 points.
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