2009 World Championships in Athletics record. Britain's Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon title with a world-leading points score of 6731. In the men's hammer throw, the Olympic champion Primož Kozmus of Slovenia, pulled off the win with a throw of 80.84m, which is a seasonal best. Szymon Ziółkowski of Poland achieved a result of 79.30m earning him a silver medal and the Russian athlete Aleksey Zagornyi earned third place with a throw of 78.09m. In the men's 10,000 m final, Kenenisa Bekele won with a time of 26:43:31, which is a Championship record. Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea earned the silver medal with a time of
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