I watched Gulnara Samitova Galkina run the steeple last year-this women can motor! Running in the Russian Champs, Day 1, Galkina lead Tatyiana Petrova and Yekaterina Volkova……third fastest ever!
EME NEWS (JULY 18, 2008) FLASH 2
Another world best in Kazan: Samitova-Galkina 9:08.22
KAZAN (RUS, July 18): After great 800 m for women another world leading mark during second day of Russian Championships. World record holder Gulnara Samitova-Galkina clocked 9:08.22 in women steeple. It is third fastest time ever, only herself with the world record (9:01.59 in 2004) and Yekaterina Volkova at last years World Championships achieved 9:06.57.
Tatyana Petrova was second with 9:15.84 and also qualified for the Games. Volkova as world champion gets the third spot, she was allowed not to compete in Kazan. Third Yelena Sidorchenkova got 9:24.04 PB.
Used with permission of Alfons Juck, EME News.
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.
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