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Kolchanova sails 7.01m, Borzakovskiy takes fifth national title in Saransk - Russian champs, day 2

14.07.2010

Saransk, Russia – Ludmila Kolchanova became the third women to break the seven-metre barrier in the Long Jump while Yuriy Borzakovskiy collected his fifth national title to highlight the second day of the Russian national championships in Saransk on Tuesday (13).

Kolchanova, the reigning European champion, has again and again proved wrong those pessimists who claimed her career was near its end. Producing a solid and consistent series - 6.82m, 6.83m, 6.93m, 6.81m, 6.76m – the 30-year-old capped with a 7.01m leap in the final round to solidify her hold on the No. 3 position on this year’s world list.

“Maybe I lacked strong form for the past several years,” Kolchanova said. “But it returned back to me in May. So I’m on the move to the Europeans. My opponents were excellent but as I noticed they were psychologically not so stable. But still I’m sure that the best women long jumpers are from Russia.”

Behind her, the competition was fierce providing chief coach Valentin Maslakov with a selection headache prior to the European championships. Tatyana Kotova was second with a 6.90 best, with heptathlete Tatyana Chernova third at 6.79m. World leader (7.13m) Olga Kucherenko was fourth at 6.78m with this season’s revelation Darya Klishina fifth at 6.73m.

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