Russia competes at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of over 100 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition, one of the largest squads in the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Yelena Isinbayeva, Tatyana Lebedeva, Yekaterina Volkova, and Olga Kaniskina are the defending champions in their respective events. The 2008 Olympic champion Valeriy Borchin, and world record holder Gulnara Galkina-Samitova, are also competing.Russia selects more than 100 for Berlin. IAAF (2009-08-03). Retrieved on 2009-08-05. Russia will be represented in all the women's events, and furthermore, only five men's events will not feature a Russian competitor.
Team selection
Track and road events EventAthletesMenWomen100 metresYevgeniya PolyakovaAnna Geflikh200 metresRoman SmirnovYuliya GushchinaYelena BolsunOlga Zaitseva400 metresMaksim DyldinAntonina KrivoshapkaAnastasiya KapachinskayaLyudmila Litvinova800 metresYuriy BorzakovskiyMariya SavinovaSvetlana KlyukaElena Kofanova1500 metresAnna AlminovaNatalya YevdokimovaOksana Zbrozhek5000 metresElizaveta GrechishnikovaNatalya Popova10,000 metresAnatoliy RybakovLiliya ShobukhovaMariya KonovalovaKseniya AgafonovaMarathonOleg KulkovYuriy AbramovSergei RybinMikhail LimaevSvetlana ZakharovaNailiya YulamanovaOlga GlokAlevtina BiktimirovaLyubov Morgunova100 metres hurdles —Yuliya KondakovaTatyana DektiarevaYekaterina Shtepa110 metres hurdles —400 metres hurdlesAleksandr DereviaginYuliya PechonkinaNatalya AntyukhYelena ChurakovaNatalya Ivanova (reserve)3000 m steeplechaseIldar MinshinYekaterina VolkovaGulnara Galkina-SamitovaYuliya ZarudnevaYelena Sidorchenkova20 km race walkValeriy BorchinPetr TrofimovAndrey KrivovOlga KaniskinaAnisiya KirdiapkinaVera SokolovaLarisa Emelianova50 km race walkDenis NizhegorodovSergey KirdiapkinYuriy Andronov —4×100 metres relayYevgeniya PolyakovaYuliya GushchinaNatalya RusakovaYuliya ChermoshanskayaAleksandra Fedoriva4×400 metres relayMaksim DyldinKonstantin SvechkarValentin KrugliakovAnton KokorinAntonina KrivoshapkaAnastasiya KapachinskayaLyudmila LitvinovaNatalya NazarovaTatyana FirovaNatalya Antyukh
Field and combined events EventAthletesMenWomenPole vaultViktor ChistiakovAleksandr GripichIgor PavlovYelena IsinbayevaYuliya GolubchikovaAleksandra KiryashovaTatyana PolnovaHigh jumpIvan UkhovYaroslav RybakovAndrei TereshinAnna ChicherovaYelena SlesarenkoSvetlana ShkolinaLong jumpAleksandr MenkovTatyana LebedevaYelena SokolovaIrina MeleshinaOlga KucherenkoTriple jumpIgor SpasovkhodskiyYevgeniy PlotnirTatyana LebedevaNadezhda AlekhinaAnna PyatykhShot putMaksim SidorovPavel SofinValeriy KokoevAnna AvdeevaDiscus throwBogdan PishchalnikovNikolay SedyukNatalya SadovaSvetlana SaikinaHammer throwAleksey ZagorniyTatyana LysenkoJavelin throwSergei MakarovIlya KorotkovAleksandr IvanovValeriya ZabruskovaMaria AbakumovaHeptathlon —Tatyana ChernovaDecathlonAleksei SysoevAleksandr PogorelovVasiliy Kharlamov —
References
External links Official competition website