Valeriy Borchin of Russia out-walked Jefferson Perez of Ecuador to win the gold medal in 20-kilometer speed walking, an event which may be described as the orphan son of running and walking.
Valeryiy’s gold is the fourth for Russia, a sleeping giant which has yet to flex its muscles in Beijing. To their credit, Russia’s wrestlers [...]
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Valeriy Borchin Wins Fourth Gold Medal for Russia
Olympic Hottie: Yelena Isinbayeva
Are you thinking, “Who’s that girl?” This girl, my friend, is Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva. She won the gold medal during the 2004 Athens Olympics and she plans to continue competing until 2013 when Russia hosts the World Athletic Championships. This means that you will be seeing more of her in the future and [...]
Tatyana Lysenko: Doper?
Arrghh. Here’s another athlete we are including in our doper’s Hall of Shame: Russia’s Tatyana Lysenko, the world record holder for the hammer throw.
She failed a drug test according to the IAAF and has been banned for two years. She will miss the Beijing Olympics and her results from the past two years have been [...]
Yuriy Borzakovskiy: On His Training, Cooking, and His Rivals
Earlier, we brought you how Australia’s Brenton Rickard trains for the Olympics. Now, let’s have Olympic 800m champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy tell us something about his training:
I train twice a day, six days per week. With this I need 8 to 9 hours of sleep each night and one-and-a-half hours of sleep in the afternoon. On [...]
Denis Nizhegorodov Sets New World Record
Athens 2004 silver medalist Denis Nizhegorodov (left) set a new world record in the 50 km walk by clocking three hours, 34 minutes and 14 seconds at the World Race Walking Cup on Sunday, 11 May, according to a Reuters report.
The 27-year-old Russian bettered the time of 3:35.47 set by Australian Nathan Deakes on Dec. [...]
