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Darya Safonova
Darya Safonova (born 20 March 1981) is a Russian Sprint (running), sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Career In 2005, she was found guilty of pemoline doping (sport), doping. She was List of doping cases in sport, suspended from the sport between March 2005 to March 2007. She won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, 2009 European Indoor Championships. At the same championships she won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay, together with teammates Natalya Antyukh, Yelena Voynova and Antonina Krivoshapka. Her personal best time is 51.32 seconds, achieved in July 2009 in Cheboksary. References 1981 births Living people Russian female sprinters Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th century, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
