2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon The Women's Heptathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. A number of high-profile heptathletes did not feature at the competition, including defending champion Carolina Klüft and 2007 bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton, who were both injured, and Olympic silver medallist Hyleas Fountain, who failed to qualify at the national championships. Nataliya Dobrynska, the 2008 Olympic champion, was highly favoured to win the event, while Great Britain's Jessica Ennis was predicted to improve upon her own world leading mark of 6587
Russia at the World Championships in Athletics World Championships is high jumper Yaroslav Rybakov, who won three high jump silvers before becoming champion in 2009. Russia at the World Championships in Athletics Russia has competed at every edition of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics since 1993, bar the 2017 World Championships, from which its athletes were banned. Prior to 1993, Russian athletes competed for the Soviet Union. Russia has the second highest medal total among nations at the competition (153), after the United States. At 47 gold medals, it holds the third highest total after the United States and Kenya. It has had most success in