Russia's Ruzavin walks his way into the world top 10
Andrey Ruzavin followed up the feats over 20km the previous day by his female compatriots when he clocked a very quick 1:17:45 at the Russian Winter Walking Championships in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Saturday.
The 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships 10,000m gold medallist just had the reserves to finish in front of his successor as European junior champion and national 20km record holder Sergey Morozov, who was second with 1:17:50.
The 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships 10,000m gold medallist just had the reserves to finish in front of his successor as European junior champion and national 20km record holder Sergey Morozov, who was second with 1:17:50.
It was a big personal best by more than two minutes for Ruzavin, who becomes the ninth fastest walker ever for the distance.
Andrey Krivov was third 1:18:24 and Stanislav Yemelyanov fourth in 1:18:28.
At nearby Adler, Russia's long throwers were in action on Saturday and the 2003 World Championships javelin gold medallist Sergey Makarov, who turns 39 impressed with a distance of 83.39m
He has now thrown over 80 metres with his implement for 18 for a remarkable consecutive seasons.
There was a double in the discus for the Pishchalnikov siblings with Bogdan winning the men's event with 63.46m while his younger sister and 2006 European champion Darya threw 62.68m. Marina Maksimova achieved 60.12m to win the women's javelin.
