Russian Yuriy Borzakovskiy registered his third win in five days, winning the men's 800m race at the Znamenskiy Memorial in Zhukovskiy, a suburb near the Russian capital Moscow, on Sunday.

European indoor champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy registered his third win in less than a week to win the men's 800m in front of his home crowd at the 51st edition of the Znamenskiy Memorial in Zhukovskiy, a suburb near the Russian capital Moscow.

The Znamenskiy Memorial is a part of the series of European Athletics Outdoor Premium Meetings, where points can be acquired by athletes to qualify for the IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final, to be held on 12-13 September in Thessaloniki, Greece.

The 2004 Olympic champion started off the week winning the top prize at the Moscow Open and followed it up with a stellar performance, setting a European-leading mark at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo.  

Borzakovskiy clocked 1:46.48 to beat a very strong field making a weighty statement of intent ahead of the IAAF World Championships in Berlin.

European indoor champion in the women's 800m Mariya Savinova clocked an excellent 1:59.72 to seal yet another win, well ahead of compatriots Tatyana Andrianova (2:02.61) and Juliya Rusanova (2:02.63), who finished second and third respectively.

Russian Dmitriy Gavrilov won the showpiece 3000m prize in 8:02.79, holding off Artem Mastrov (8:03.73) and Andrei Safronov (8:04.27).

Antonina Krivoshapka, the European indoor 400m champion, won her event category with an impressive timing of 50.51s. Anastasiya Kapachinskaya finished runner-up clocking 51.49, with Ukraine's Natalya Pigida third in 51.97. 

The men's 400m title went to Konstantin Svechkar who clocked a personal best 46.08, leaving behind compatriots Aleksandr Derevyagin (46.24) and Dmitriy Buryak (46.35). 

The 2004 Olympic champion Natalya Sadova won the women's Discus Throw with a 62.89m toss, the best result of the Russian outdoor season. Olesya Korotkova (60.17m) was second and Vera Karmishina (54.89m) third.

Mariya Abakumova, the Javelin silver medallist from Beijing, dominated the proceedings in her event, bagging the title with a 64.32m throw.

Belarus shot putter Andrei Mikhnevich, silver medallist at the 2006 European Athletics Championships, won with a 20.61m throw. Russian Pavel Sofyin was second (19.87m) and Sofyin's compatriot Maksim Sidorov (19.87m) third.

Yuliya Pechonkina, the women's 400m hurdles world record holder, making a comeback after a year-long injury lay-off, failed to finish after a good start. Ukrainian Hanna Titimets cantered home first, clocking 56.72s.

It was a happy ending for another star making a comeback. Anna Chicherova, High Jump silver medallist in Beijing, cleared 1.91m to take the win on countback over Irina Gordeeva.

World indoor Long jump champion Naide Gomes from Portugal won with a 6.62m leap ahead of Russian Olga Balayeva who could only reach 6.34m.

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