Russia’s head coach Valentin Maslakov analyses his country’s performance in Daegu
Russia finished second in the medal table at the 2011 IAAF World Championships which finished last Sunday. |
Gold medals for Farah, Lysenko and Savinova on final day of the World Championships
Great Britain’s Mo Farah and the Russian pair of Tatyana Lysenko and Mariya Savinova took Europe’s overall gold medal tally to 14 victories on the final day of the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Sunday. |
Russia’s Abakumova javelin win is the best performance of the World Championships
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Britain’s Farah ends a two decade 5000m gold medal draught
Great Britain's Mo Farah brought Europe its first 5000m global title in nearly two decades when he sprinted to victory in 13:23.36 at the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu on Sunday. |
Savinova talks about fast first laps and food poisoning
Russia’s Mariya Savinova helped light up the last day of the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, with a sparkling 800m victory in 1:55.87 on Sunday. |
Russia’s Chicherova wins gold to keep her coach happy
It could be argued that anything other than a World Championships gold medal for Russian high jumper Anna Chicherova would be a step backwards. |
Europe claims most medals at IAAF World Championships with haul of 52
Europe claimed the most medals out of the Area Associations at the IAAF World Championships which ended Sunday evening in Daegu. Europe finished with an impressive haul of 52 medals, including 16 gold, 18 silver and 18 bronze.
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European-leading 100m hurdles time for Great Britain’s Porter
Great Britain’s Tiffany Porter confirmed her status as Europe’s leading 100m hurdles exponent this year when she clocked the fastest time by a European for almost three years when she set a national record of 12.56 in the IAAF World Championships semi-finals on Saturday. |
