Russia at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics 76 competitors: The following competitors from Russia won medals at the Championships Decathlon Heptathlon 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
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held through the streets of Athens with the start and finish at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20. The Chinese trio of Han Yucheng, Liu Yunfeng, and Zhu Hongjun took an early lead as the race walkers had left the stadium, but their challenge never materialized. Han could not keep up with the leaders through the first lap and soon fell off the pace, leaving Liu and Zhu with a