Russia at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics Russia at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics Russia competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea. The All-Russia Athletic Federation has announced a squad of 83 athletes. Among the team of 34 men and 49 women are defending World champions Yaroslav Rybakov (High Jump), Valeriy Borchin (20 km Race Walk), Sergey Kirdyapkin (50 km Race Walk), and Olga Kaniskina (20 km Race Walk). The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, resulting in a total number of
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk was barely able to walk, while a fresh Lashmanova celebrated her victory. , the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held on 11 August on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill. From the start of the race, defending champion Olga Kaniskina took the lead, only Liu Hong would go with her. The two opened up a big gap with a chase pack