Yaroslav Rybakov of Russia during the Men's High Jump Final (© Bongarts/Getty Images)
The provisional Russian team for the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships, Valencia, Spain (7-9 March) has been announced.
Notably, World record sensation Yelena Soboleva is in the 1500m line-up, where she will take on her compatriot and reigning champion Yuliya Fomenko (formerly Chizhenko). Soboleva was silver medallist in 2006.
Russia’s other defending individual event champions from 2006 who have been selected again are as follows: MEN - Yaroslav Rybakov (HJ); WOMEN: Yelena Slesarenko (HJ), and Yelena Isinbayeva (PV).
Men
60m: A. Yepishin
400m: M. Dyldin, D. Alekseev
800m: D. Bogdanov, Y.Koldin
1500m: S.Ivanov
60mH: I. Peremota. Y. Borisov
HJ: Y. Rybakov, A.Tereshin
PV: E. Lukianenko, P. Gerasimov
TJ E. Plotnir, D. Byrkenia
SP: P. Sofin
HEP**: A. Pogorelov
Women
60m: Y. Poliakova, S. Nabokina
400m: O. Zykina, N. Nazorova
60mH: A. Antonova, Y. Kondakova
800m: N. Ignatova, M. Savinova
1500m: Y. Soboleva, Y. Fomenko
3000m: Y. Sidorchenkova, O. Komyagina
HJ: Y. Slesarenko, E. Savzhenko
PV: Y. Isinbayeva, S. Feofanova
LJ: I. Simagina
TJ: A. Pyatykh, O. Bufalova
SP: A. Omarova
PEN**: A. Bogdanova
Chris Turner and Larisa Voloshina for the IAAF
**Combined Events
For the Combined Events at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships, Valencia, Spain, eight (8) athletes will be invited by the IAAF in the Heptathlon and in the Pentathlon as follows:
The top 4 athletes from the 2007 Outdoor Lists (as at December 31st 2007), limited to a maximum of one per country.
The top 4 athletes from the 2008 Indoor Lists (as at February 18th 2008).
