2018 Russian Athletics Championships

The 2018 Russian Athletics Championships was held July 19–22 at Central Stadium in Kazan. The capital of Tatarstan hosted the event for the third time, having done so previously in 2008 and 2014. Around 1000 athletes from 76 regions of the country participated in the competition. Over the course of four days, 38 events were contested.

For the third year in a row, the national championships did not include the selection of an international team (on this occasion, for the 2018 European Athletics Championships). This was due to the continuation Russia's ban from international athletics by the IAAF due to doping, which began in 2015. Three Russians, who competed at that competition as Authorised Neutral Athletes (Sergey Shubenkov, Anzhelika Sidorova and Danil Lysenko), chose not to compete at the national event, instead competing at the Herculis 2018 IAAF Diamond League meeting.

Vladimir Nikitin won the men's 1500 metres in a championship record of 3:35.85. After the collapse of the USSR, only two people showed faster results at this distance: the country's record holder Vyacheslav Shabunin and Andrei Loginov. Aleksandr Lesnoy improved his personal record to 21.58 m, bringing him to fourth among Russia's all-time men's shot putters.

The 2012 Olympic champion Anna Chicherova returned from her doping ban but was beaten into second place by world-leader Mariya Lasitskene.

Ekaterina Ivonina set a European-leading time of 9:16.68 to win the 3000 metres steeplechase. She led from start to finish and beat the silver medalist by 22 seconds.

Several athletes extended their list of national honours: Dmitry Tarabin won the javelin for the sixth time in a row, while hurdler Konstantin Shabanov became a six-time champion in the 110 metres hurdles.

Championships During 2018, Russian championships were held in various cities in individual athletics disciplines:

31 March — Russian Championships in mountain running (uphill) (Zheleznovodsk) 28 April — Russian Championships in cross country running (spring) (Zhukovskiy) 30 April — Russian Championships in marathon (Volgograd) 6 May — Russian Championships in mountain running (uphill-downhill) (Rybinsk) 12—13 May — Russian Championships in 24-hour run (Moscow) 30—31 May — Russian Championships in relay (Smolensk) 9—10 June — Russian Championships in racewalking (Cheboksary) 30 June — Russian Championships in 10,000 metres (Zhukovskiy) 4—5 July — Russian Championships in combined track and field events (Smolensk) 2 September — Russian Championships in half marathon (Yaroslavl) 9 September — Russian Championships in 15K run (Saransk) 9 September — Russian Championships in 100 kilometres (Saint Petersburg) 20—21 October — Russian Championships in cross country running (autumn) (Orenburg) 28 October — Russian Championships in mountain running (long-distance) (Krasnaya Polyana)

Results

Men 100 metresDenis Ogarkov Lipetsk Oblast Bryansk Oblast 10.32Ruslan Perestyuk Krasnodar Krai 10.33Dmitriy Lopin Krasnodar Krai 10.34200 metresAleksandr Efimov Tula Oblast 20.81Ruslan Perestyuk Krasnodar Krai 20.82Denis Ogarkov Lipetsk Oblast Bryansk Oblast 20.95400 metresMikhail Filatov Saint Petersburg 46.00Maksim Fedyaev Kursk Oblast 46.01Denis Kudryavtsev Tyumen Oblast 46.28800 metresSergey Dubrovskiy Moscow Oblast Belgorod Oblast 1:46.79Konstantin Kholmogorov Moscow Perm Krai 1:48.01Aleksey Butranov Moscow Oblast 1:48.321500 metresVladimir Nikitin Moscow Perm Krai 3:35.85Sergey Dubrovskiy Moscow Oblast Belgorod Oblast 3:40.18Valentin Smirnov Saint Petersburg Chelyabinsk Oblast 3:41.355000 metresEvgeniy Rybakov Kemerovo Oblast 13:23.57Anatoliy Rybakov Kemerovo Oblast 13:26.25Artem Leonenko Tambov Oblast 13:27.613000 m s'chaseMaksim Yakushev Sverdlovsk Oblast 8:22.40Ildar Nadyrov Altai Krai 8:28.70Yuriy Kloptsov Moscow Altai Krai 8:29.42110 m hurdles Konstantin Shabanov Moscow Pskov Oblast 13.53 Filipp Shabanov Moscow Pskov Oblast 13.88Sergey Solodov Saint Petersburg 13.88400 m hurdlesTimofey Chalyy Krasnoyarsk Krai Moscow Oblast 49.52Aleksandr Skorobogatko Tyumen Oblast 49.99Nikita Andriyanov Moscow Oblast Novosibirsk Oblast 50.78High jumpIvan Ukhov Moscow 2.32 mIlya Ivanyuk Bryansk Oblast Smolensk Oblast 2.28 mSemen Pozdnyakov Moscow Bryansk Oblast 2.26 mPole vaultEvgeniy Lukyanenko Krasnodar Krai Moscow 5.65 mGeorgiy Gorokhov Moscow Bryansk Oblast 5.55 mAleksandr Gripich Krasnodar Krai Moscow 5.55 mLong jumpAleksandr Menkov Krasnoyarsk Krai Mordovia 8.03 m (+1.2 m/s)Pavel Shalin Moscow Lipetsk Oblast 7.97 m (+1.4 m/s)Denis Bogdanov Moscow Volgograd Oblast 7.81 m (+0.9 m/s)Triple jumpAleksandr Yurchenko Samara Oblast 16.98 m (+0.4 m/s)Aleksey Fyodorov Moscow Oblast Smolensk Oblast 16.76 m (+1.4 m/s)Dmitriy Sorokin Krasnodar Krai 16.76 m (+1.4 m/s)Shot putAleksandr Lesnoy Krasnodar Krai Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 21.58 mMaksim Afonin Moscow Sakha−Sakha Republic 20.44 mKonstantin Lyadusov Moscow Rostov Oblast 20.04 mDiscus throwAleksey Khudyakov Moscow 64.37 mViktor Butenko Moscow Stavropol Krai 62.74 mNikolay Sedyuk Moscow Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 61.15 mHammer throwDenis Lukyanov Moscow Oblast Rostov Oblast 74.74 mAleksey Sokirskiy Krasnodar Krai 74.61 mSergey Litvinov Mordovia 74.60 mJavelin throwDmitriy Tarabin Krasnodar Krai Moscow Oblast 82.89 mAndrey Doroshev Southern Federal District/Republic of Crimea 75.99 mVladislav Panasenkov Moscow Oblast Smolensk Oblast 75.29 m4 × 100 m relay Dmitriy Khomutov Dmitriy Lopin Ruslan Perestyuk Ruslan Kislykh 39.73 Pavel Knyazev Andrey Galatskov Ilfat Sadeev 39.81 Dmitriy Shkuropatov Konstantin Petryashov Kirill Chernukhin Artur Reysbikh 39.844 × 400 m relay Maksim Rafilovich Andrey Rudenko Andrey Kukharenko Mikhail Filatov 3:04.88 Pavel Trenikhin Aleksandr Skorobogatko Pavel Savin Denis Kudryavtsev 3:05.43 Ilya Krasnov Vladimir Krasnov Edgar Repin Vadim Rezvykh 3:09.67

Women 100 metresKristina Sivkova Moscow 11.30Kristina Khorosheva Penza Oblast Tula Oblast 11.42Elena Chernyaeva Saint Petersburg Vologda Oblast 11.51200 metresKristina Khorosheva Penza Oblast Tula Oblast 23.17Anastasiya Polischuk Sverdlovsk Oblast Chelyabinsk Oblast 23.41Elena Chernyaeva Saint Petersburg Vologda Oblast 23.53400 metresPolina Miller Krasnodar Krai Altai Krai 51.82Ekaterina Renzhina Moscow Tula Oblast 52.14Kseniya Aksenova Sverdlovsk Oblast Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 52.46800 metresEkaterina Zavyalova Moscow Mordovia 2:00.80Anzhelika Shevchenko Saint Petersburg 2:01.60Marina Pospelova Moscow Yaroslavl Oblast 2:01.721500 metresAleksandra Gulyaeva Moscow Ivanovo Oblast 4:05.00Elena Korobkina Moscow Lipetsk Oblast 4:07.45Inessa Gusarova Belgorod Oblast Bryansk Oblast 4:07.875000 metresElena Korobkina Moscow Lipetsk Oblast 15:19.11Ekaterina Ishova Moscow Oblast Chuvashia 15:24.09Elena Sedova Moscow Oblast Novosibirsk Oblast 15:26.643000 m s'chaseEkaterina Ivonina Moscow Oblast Perm Krai 9:16.68Natalya Koloskova Moscow Primorsky Krai 9:39.07Natalya Leonteva Moscow Sakha−Sakha Republic 9:50.19100 m hurdlesEkaterina Galitskaya Rostov Oblast Saint Petersburg 13.21Veronika Chervinskaya Krasnodar Krai Sverdlovsk Oblast 13.21Ekaterina Bleskina Krasnoyarsk Krai Saint Petersburg 13.40400 m hurdlesVera Rudakova Moscow Perm Krai 56.03Valeriya Khramova Moscow Oblast Samara Oblast 56.04Irina Kolesnichenko Moscow Moscow Oblast 57.26High jumpMariya Lasitskene Moscow Oblast Kabardino-Balkaria 2.00 mAnna Chicherova Moscow 1.90 mTatyana Odineva Moscow 1.90 mPole vaultOlga Mullina Moscow 4.65 mAksana Gataullina Moscow 4.55 mAngelina Krasnova Moscow Irkutsk Oblast 4.45 mLong jumpElena Sokolova Moscow Belgorod Oblast 6.68 m (+0.6 m/s)Ekaterina Khalyutina Moscow 6.45 m (+2.1 m/s)Ekaterina Kropivko Moscow Stavropol Krai 6.41 m (+2.2 m/s)Triple jumpEkaterina Koneva Krasnodar Krai Khabarovsk Krai 14.79 m (+2.3 m/s)Darya Nidbaykina Moscow Bryansk Oblast 14.13 m (+1.7 m/s)Natalya Yevdokimova Tatarstan 13.92 m (+1.0 m/s)Shot putAlena Bugakova Moscow Tver Oblast 18.02 mAnna Avdeeva Samara Oblast 17.78 mIrina Tarasova Moscow Rostov Oblast 17.66 mDiscus throwYelena Panova Moscow Vladimir Oblast 59.17 mEkaterina Strokova Moscow Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 58.50 mYuliya Maltseva Moscow Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug 56.37 mHammer throwElizaveta Tsareva Moscow Oblast Rostov Oblast 70.72 mSofya Palkina Samara Oblast 67.68 mNatalya Pospelova Sverdlovsk Oblast Stavropol Krai 63.28 m Javelin throwEkaterina Starygina Moscow Oblast Rostov Oblast 60.02 mMariya Safonova Voronezh Oblast 55.02 mKseniya Zybina Saint Petersburg 53.71 m4 × 100 m relay Ekaterina Galitskaya Elena Chernyaeva Ekaterina Bleskina Anastasiya Grigoreva 44.93 Anastasiya Malysheva Nina Morozova Olga Tkachenko Polina Miller 45.38 Valeriya Muromskaya Kristina Khorosheva Tatyana Mironova Irina Nikitina 45.624 × 400 m relay Elizaveta Anikienko Nadezhda Kotlyarova Aleksandra Luzina Yuliya Kuznetsova 3:34.18 Mariya Tarabanskaya Valeriya Khramova Yuliya Spiridonova Alena Mamina 3:34.61 Mariya Mikhaylyuk Vera Rudakova Liliya Gabdullina Elena Zuykevich 3:34.94 On October 25, 2018, the All-Russian Federation of Athletics announced a 4-year disqualification of the hammer thrower Natalia Polyakova for 4 years. Methenolone was detected in her doping test at this event. The result of the athlete in this tournament (3rd place, 66.54 m) was annulled in accordance with the rules.

Mountain running (uphill) The 19th Russian Mountain Running Championship (uphill) took place on March 31, 2018 in Zheleznovodsk, Stavropol Territory. The race circuit was on the slopes of Mount Beshtau. A total of 82 participants (51 men and 31 women) from 25 regions of Russia started the race. Alexey Pagnuev repeated last year's success, winning the men's race. Since 2011, for the sixth time, Alexei was in the top three of the country's uphill mountain running championship. Galina Egorova became the national champion of Russia for the seventh time in her career. She won previous victories in the indoor 5000 metres (2007), mountain (up and down) (2010, 2011, 2017) and the uphill mountain race (2012, 2013). For the third year in a row, Anastasia Rudnaya, the world champion in orienteering, climbed the podium in the women's event. After two bronze medals, she won the silver medal, only 16 seconds behind the winner.

Men 11.88 km Height difference:+1098 m −142 mAleksey Pagnuev Sverdlovsk Oblast 56:57Andrey Safronov Bashkortostan 57:43Andrey Shklyaev Udmurtia 57:56

Women 7.1 km Height difference:+888 m −102 mGalina Egorova Samara Oblast 49:38Anastasiya Rudnaya Saint Petersburg 49:54Anastasiya Kozina Samara Oblast 50:10

Cross country (spring) The 2018 Russian Spring Cross Country Championships were held on 28 April in Zhukovskiy, Moscow Oblast. A total of 73 runners (34 men and 39 women) from 33 regions of Russia took part in four senior races.

Men 4 kmAleksey Popov Voronezh Oblast 11:19Ildar Nadyrov Altai Krai 11:20Ivan Panferov Moscow Oryol Oblast 11:218 kmAleksey Vikulov Novosibirsk Oblast Zabaykalsky Krai 23:22Andrey Leyman Krasnodar Krai 23:23Mikhail Strelkov Moscow Oryol Oblast 23:24

Women 2 kmMarina Pospelova Moscow Yaroslavl Oblast 5:58Anastasiya Kalina Moscow Oblast Saint Petersburg 6:00Natalya Aristarkhova Krasnoyarsk Krai 6:035 kmAleksandra Gulyaeva Moscow Ivanovo Oblast 16:04Ekaterina Sokolenko Tomsk Oblast Novosibirsk Oblast 16:10Alla Kulyatina Novosibirsk Oblast 16:12

Marathon The 2018 Russian Marathon Championships was held on 30 April in Volgograd, incorporated into the city's annual marathon.

Men MarathonAleksey Reunkov Moscow Chelyabinsk Oblast 2:12:20Stepan Kiselev Tatarstan 2:13:17Mikhail Maksimov Saint Petersburg 2:14:30

Women MarathonSardana Trofimova Sakha-Sakha Republic 2:28:55Alina Prokopeva Moscow Oblast Chuvashia 2:30:24Natalya Tikhonova Chelyabinsk Oblast 2:30:40

Mountain running (uphill-downhill)