Russian Olympic Trials 2012

[nevetsllim]

Krivoshapka looked mightily impressive. She jogged the final 30m of her SF and still went 50.08. I think she'll go low-49 tomorrow. Firova went faster in the second SF with a 49.78 PB but fastest with Gushchina with 49.58 which I think is a PB too.

[andyjgt]

The women's 400 results haven't come up on my PC yet on the usual link to the results from rusathletics.com .

The men's ones are already in though! Trenikhin, Alekseyev and Dyldin won the semis with 46.04, 46.06 and 45.87.

[andyjgt]

Feofanova 4.65 (and counting), Savchenko 4.60, Kiryashova 4.55; Sidorova (91) 4.50

[jamal00005]

Krivoshapka looked mightily impressive. She jogged the final 30m of her SF and still went 50.08. I think she'll go low-49 tomorrow. Firova went faster in the second SF with a 49.78 PB but fastest with Gushchina with 49.58 which I think is a PB too.

I really hope these girls can show this form at the olympics because they are looking very sharp

[nevetsllim]

1:58.17 victory for Poistogova in the 800m from Arzhakova. A bit of an anti-climax after the heats. I was expecting 1:56.

[nevetsllim]

Chicherova was very close at 2.08m! She was smiling after her attempt. She knows she has it in her.

[jamal00005]

Chicherova was very close at 2.08m! She was smiling after her attempt. She knows she has it in her.

she clearly has it in her .she was almost over if not for that touch

[Alan Shank]

Mariya Savinova PR'd in the 400 heats at 51.43; she is listed for the 3rd semi, but I expect she will skip it. Or not.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA, USA

[gennady]

Unfortunately there are no complete results of the semifinals, but still a very impressive list of results!
Heats
1 50,39 Antonina Krivoshapka
2 50,57 Tatyana Firova
3 50,86 Yulia Gushchina
4 51,00 Yelena Migunova
5 51,09 Lyudmila Litvinova
6 51,17 Natalya Nazarova
7 51,43 Mariya Savinova
8 51,56 Kseniya Vdovina
9 51,82 Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
10 51,97 Kristina Malvinova
11 52,01 Tatyana Veshkurova
12 52,30 Yelena Voynova
13 52,80 Yekaterina Vukolova
14 52,96 Olga Tovarnova
15 53,03 Ksenia Zadorina
16 53,24 Kseniya Ustalova
17 53,89 Marina Karnaushchenko
Semifinals
1 49,56 Yulia Gushchina
2 49,76 Tatyana Firova
3 50,00 Natalya Nazarova
4 50,05 Antonina Krivoshapka
5 50,43 Kseniya Vdovina
6 50,61 Lyudmila Litvinova
7 50,62 Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
8 50,91 Yelena Migunova

[peach77]

Why is it always the 400 that sticks in my mind as the most ridiculous times?

Guschina runs a half second PB at the age of 29 in a SEMI of a national championships? There's something wrong somewhere, believe me...

[T&F_LA]

Ha! OK this one's guaranteed:

Someone whose surname begins with K runs 49.5 in the women's 400, Come London she does a low 51.

Ha! That reminds me:

Someone whose surname begins with R runs 49.6 in the women's 400. Came to Daegu and she does 51x

[noxeht12]

Ha! OK this one's guaranteed:

Someone whose surname begins with K runs 49.5 in the women's 400, Come London she does a low 51.

Ha! That reminds me:

Someone whose surname begins with R runs 49.6 in the women's 400. Came to Daegu and she does 51x

#TRUTH!!!!

[tm71]

Sometimes statistics lie. Going 158 at the us trials and running 159 at the big meet is somewhat of a letdown but running 156 and then going 202 is a Letdown with a capital L. It is the magnitude of disparity that is the fact that people here are pointing out. of course there are some russians like zaripova, chicerova and ambukhomova who perform well at both meets.

[Flumpy]

Assuming it's the same Nazarova she hasn't run that fast since 2004!!!

[Marlow]

After the US Trials, I now confidently predict that six Russian women will clear 7m in the LJ..

Sokolova already 7.06!!!!!

aaaaaand they're OFF!

[Powell]

Ha! OK this one's guaranteed:

Someone whose surname begins with K runs 49.5 in the women's 400, Come London she does a low 51.

When did Krivoshapka ever run a 51 in a major championship?

[pela2]

The women's 400 results haven't come up on my PC yet on the usual link to the results from rusathletics.com .

The men's ones are already in though! Trenikhin, Alekseyev and Dyldin won the semis with 46.04, 46.06 and 45.87.

It seems that that it was good performances from Firova (49.76) and Guschina (49.56) in the semis.

[Gabriella]

Unfortunately there are no complete results of the semifinals, but still a very impressive list of results!

The full SF results are there, they're just not very easy to read because they've been listed by lane as oposed to actual result. I've listed the result by position below. Women in bold made the final:

Semi 1
KRIVOŠAPKA ANTONINA - 50.05
ANASTASIA KAPAČINSKAÂ - 50.62
USTALOVA KSENIYA - 51.80
MOLGAČEVA LILY - 52.99
PERÂKOVA NATALIA - 53.15
ANASTASIA GRIGOREVA - 53.59
YAGUPOV ANNA - 53.59
LYUDMILA MOCHALINA - 54.07

Semi 2
TATIANA FIROVA - 49.76
VDOVINA KSENIYA - 50.43
ELENA MIGUNOVA - 50.91
VUKOLOVA EKATERINA - 52.55
KARNAUŜENKO MARINA - 53.23
VOLHA TOVARNOVA - 53.34
DOKANEVA ANGELICA - 53.56
KSENIA ZADORINA - DNS

Semi 3
GUSHCHINA YULIA - 49.56
NATALYA NAZAROVA - 50.00
LYUDMILA LITVINOVA - 50.61
VEŠKUROVA TATYANA - 52.21
MAL′VINOVA CHRISTINA - 52.37
YELENA VOYNOVA - 53.39
SHESTAKOVA EKATERINA - DNF
MARIYA SAVINOVA - DNS

Krivoshapka clearly had the easier heat and semi, so you would expect her to be fresher for the final. Firova and Guschina appear to have run unneccesarily fast, but I guess it depended on how the race went & if their opponents went out hard.
An interesting point is all the top familiar names ran faster in the semi than the heat, where as virtually all the lesser names ran faster in the heat than the semi.
In recent years, Nazarova has often run a good semi and not so good final; yes 50.00 is her best for 8 yrs, but I wonder whether she has another fast one in her? I'd expect Krivoshapka to win and it'll be interesting to see whether Guschina and Firova are down on their semi times.

[Gabriella]

Just reviewing the LJ results, 4th placer Kucherenko (6.81) was the only one to get all six jumps and had a solid, consistent series with 3 jumps in the 6.7+ range. On the other hand, 3rd placer Kolchanova had few valid jumps.
1st placer Sokolova's second best jump was 6.94, better than anyone else and also had a 6.7+ jump so deserves her selection. Nazarova was also consistent with some 6.8's, so again deserves her place, but I would definitely take Kucherenko over Kolchanova based on form in recent years.
Most of Kilishina's jumps were around 6.5 but that 6.81re-affirms her potential when not injured. Last years champ Zaitseva, who went over 7m then, qualified for the final with a 6.48, but come the final had two no jumps and a 5.92 to come last.

[Vault-emort]

So....Krivoshapka 49.18 WL eh?

With two RUS women now at least as fast as Sanya in 2012, it looks like we have a relay contest...

Krivoshapka 49.16
Guschina 49.28
Firova 49.82
Nazarova 50.07
Kapachinskaya 50.37

[Vault-emort]

also W DT see a 70m throw

Were you thinking of Pischalnikova??

[gennady]

Darya Pishchalnikova 70.69
Excellent series 68,80 66,20 70,69 - 67,20 X

[LopenUupunut]

Dyldin 45.01
Trenikhin 45.24
Krasnov 45.36
Alekseyev 45.43

[gennady]

49,16 Antonina Krivoshapka
49,28 Yulia Gushchina
49,72 Tatyana Firova
50,07 Natalya Nazarova
50,37 Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
50,52 Kseniya Vdovina
50,82 Lyudmila Litvinova
51,90 Yelena Migunova

[norunner]

Darya Pishchalnikova 70.69
Excellent series 68,80 66,20 70,69 - 67,20 X

I just love it when dopers come back after being suspended and run/throw even further than before.

[Vault-emort]

Darya Pishchalnikova 70.69
Excellent series 68,80 66,20 70,69 - 67,20 X

Amazing season she's having.....

With a PB of 65.55 from 2006, she's improved that five times (in three competitions) this year..

Of course, she had a long holiday after 2007...

But now she's the first woman to throw over 70m in what - about 15 years?

[pakillo]

live stream http://www.sportlemon.tv/v-4/2/26/v-422692.html

[LopenUupunut]

Lysenko 77.37 1st throw...

Pishchalnikova's 70.69 is the odd-cm WR... all longer throws having been measured with 2cm accuracy.

[LopenUupunut]

But now she's the first woman to throw over 70m in what - about 15 years?

Longest throw in 20 years... the only other 70.xx efforts since '92 have been Sadova's 70.02 in '99 and Xiao Yanling's 70.00 in '97. (pela2)

[Powell]

Dyldin 45.01
Trenikhin 45.24
Krasnov 45.36
Alekseyev 45.43

A possible medal in the relay?

[Powell]

Longest throw in 20 years... the only other 70.xx effortssince '92 have been Sadova's 70.02 in '99 and Xiao Yanling's 70.00 in '97. (pela2)

But only the 115th best performance of all time (not counting ancillary throws)... goes to show how much this event regressed after 1988.

[Sinafan]

The most important question: Will the Russian federation ignore be blinded by the NC results and not nominate Klishina for London? Just because she jumped a few silly cms less than others? I strongly urge them to decide in favour of beauty.

[gennady]

Lysenko 78.51 in 5rh throw...

[gennady]

77.37 76.81 76.24 Х 78.51 77.26

[Alan Shank]

1500 heats (2 + 4)
H1
Yevdokimova 4:04.45
Soboleva 4:04.46
Khaleyeva 4:04.48 q

H2
Martynova 4:01.62 !
Zaripova 4:01.70 (steeple WC)
Tomashova 4:01.76 q (former WC 15)
Konovalova 4:09.17 q

H3
Chizhenko 4:06.72 (remember her? DQ'd in Paris 15 for knocking Jamal)
Gorbunova 4:08.57
Micheyeva 4:08.93 q

H4
Kostetskaya 4:09.75 (800 specialist, WC finalist)
Podosenova 4:10.25 (sub-4 earlier)

Should be quite a final! Zaripova is just in it for speed work.

I recall when Tomashova beat Ayhan in Paris; man, was Ayhan pissed! Tomashova also finished 2nd to Kelly Holmes in Athens, then won the "sweep" in Helsinki, when Chizhenko was DQ'd. She was a hell of a RACER. It seems unlikely she could reach that form again, however.

In HT, 5 over 72 meters, Lysenko 78.51Khanafeyeva 76.04.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA, USA