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
2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 August. The defending champion Elena Lashmanova would not be here, while she serves her drug suspension. In fact the entire Russian team did not compete here amid the drug scandal surrounding their coach Viktor Chegin. It looked like world record holder, world leader Liu Hong, walking on home soil was the prohibitive favorite. Liu's one complication was her teammate Xiuzhi Lu. Like in the men's race, the two Chinese